Pep Guardiola sends warning to Man City players after Real Madrid win

straight to your inbox Manchester City's hierarchy have always believed Lionel Messi would stay at Barcelona for the rest of his career... but that might have just changed.

straight to your inbox Aleks Zinchenko has defended his comments and those of his new wife Vlada Sedan about Manchester City's Champions League loss to Lyon. Pep Guardiola was heavily criticised after the 3-1 defeat in Lisbon last week, and the manager's tactics were disputed by sports presenter Sedan on her vlog as she discussed the game with Zinchenko.

straight to your inbox“When an ex-player makes the statement, it's not criticism, it's info,” said Pep Guardiola, back in February.That was the Manchester City manager’s response to comments by Thomas Muller, his former Bayern Munich charge, just before the Blues faced the huge challenge of tackling Real Madrid in the Bernabeu.Muller was full of praise for Guardiola, as are most of his former players, but he pinpointed one area where he felt that the former Bayern Munich boss sometimes fell

straight to your inboxHere are the latest Man City evening headlines for Tuesday August 18.Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has encouraged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the transfer market.Guardiola crashed out of the Champions League against Lyon last week, and is still to reach a Champions League final since departing the Spanish giants.

straight to your inboxSpain and Barcelona legend Xaxi Hernandez has urged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the summer transfer market by securing marquee additions.City endured a disappointing campaign last term, finishing 18 points adrift of Liverpool in the Premier League and suffering a Champions League exit at the hands of Lyon.A host of names have been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium this summer and Xavi believes that three players are needed in particular.However, he's set

straight to your inboxDavid Silva has issued praise to all three of the managers he played under at Manchester City, in his final interview before leaving the club.Silva was brought to the Etihad by Roberto Mancini, before seeing Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola also take the City hotseat in the last decade.As he prepares to leave City for a new challenge, Silva told City TV that Mancini made a strong effort to try and sign him while he was still a Valencia player."He used to call me quite

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, 16 August.Pep Guardiola says that Raheem Sterling’s glaring miss in Saturday’s defeat by Lyon was “part of the game.”The England international missed from point-blank range when City were trailing 2-1, before the Ligue 1 side added a third just a minute later to seal the tie.Speaking after the game, Guardiola said: “I haven't seen him. The players are going to talk now in the hotel.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that the team will discuss what went wrong in a hotel meeting after their Champions League crash against Lyon. The Manchester City manager was asked about Raheem Sterling ’s astonishing miss – which would have made it 2-2 – but Guardiola appeared to broaden it out into a post-mortem on the whole performance, which was littered with errors.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola refused to comment on the VAR decisions that went against Manchester City during their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon.Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for the French side in the first-half before Kevin De Bruyne finally levelled proceedings after the interval.City should have been ahead but Raheem Sterling missed an open goal from five yards out which sparked a counter-attack from Lyon.Moussa Dembele raced clear and appeared to trip Aymeric

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero is running out of time to play any part in Manchester City 's Champions League challenge. The Blues are preparing to face Lyon in the quarter-final of the competition at the Jose Alvalade Stadium tomorrow night, and if they win they will be in the semi-final next week.

straight to your inbox Injury updates on Sergio Aguero were seen as being of key importance as Manchester City prepared to take on Real Madrid. But Pep Guardiola hinted that the Blues legend might not have played even if he had recovered from a knee injury he picked up shortly after the Premier League re-start.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola admitted he got his tactics wrong during the first half of Manchester City's win against Real Madrid in the Champions League.The Spaniard made four changes to the side that defeated Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu back in February.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero’s fight to make the final stages of the Champions League – if Manchester City get there – is looking increasingly difficult.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has spent more time thinking about how to beat Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool than any other opposition in his career. Manchester City and Liverpool have been comfortably the best two teams in the Premier League over the last two years, with the Blues becoming the first team in a decade to retain the title in 2019 before being blown away by their Merseyside rivals this season.

straight to your inboxThe summer transfer window is now open, and Manchester City look set to be pretty active.City will be looking to make some new acquisitions this summer as they look to mount a challenge to wrestle the Premier League title back from Liverpool's grasp next season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that Ederson gets the credit he deserves from within the Manchester City camp, even if his ability is not always recognised more widely. The Brazil international made three important saves to keep his 16th clean sheet of the season – and clinch the Premier League ’s Golden Glove award as Burnley’s Nick Pope conceded twice on the final day.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has expanded on his role in the Manchester City squad, revealing that manager Pep Guardiola trusts him to organise the team on the field.De Bruyne says he does not speak to Guardiola much over tactics as they share a similar philosophy, as he explained how Guardiola has changed City's approach from top to bottom in the last four seasons."He lets me be myself a lot of the time," De Bruyne told Soccer AM.

straight to your inboxDavid Silva has sent a moving message to Manchester City fans as he prepares to play his final Premier League game for the club.Ten years of excellence in English football will come to an end for the 34-year-old Spain international when he lines up against Norwich on Sunday – if manager Pep Guardiola picks him, of course.And Silva says his stay with the Blues has exceeded his “wildest dreams” and that he is a “Blue forever”.In his time at City, Silva has won four Premier