"It was a good game," said Guardiola. "It was really tough in the transitions, but we played really, really good. But their first action, they scored. In general we played really good and I'm so proud. I really like the way we play. I don't like to lose but I like to see the way we played with courage and the way we behave - I like it."
"The Nico we saw tonight was the Nico we met last season - what a game he played. This competition is very good to give players this chance. Jahmai was exceptional at centre-half in the minutes he played. James McAtee - what a game he had - and Nico and Jacob played really well. I'm really pleased with what I've seen - really pleased. 90 minutes, so composed against a team that is so, so dangerous."
"He had a knock in the 18-yard box but we will see tomorrow what happened," he added on Savinho. "We have to see if it was just a knock or something else. It was on the bone, so hopefully nothing dangerous, but we will have to see tomorrow. Our captain is injured. I don't think he or Kevin will be back until after the international break. Jack Grealish as well. It's tough."
"Akanji felt something in the muscular part of his body - he wanted to take a risk, but we said no, no risk. Ruben is struggling sometimes as well. It's been getting more difficult game by game - maybe we will be all back together at some point. The guys who are here are fighting to be with us, 24 hours a day. I won't forget this."
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