Pep Guardiola hailed Aymeric Laporte the "best left centre-back in the world" after his assured return for Manchester City.
He said: "He's the best left-centre back in the world when he's fit for me. Imagine the best teams in the world lose their best central defenders, we missed him a lot.
"He is a specialist with his left foot, he's strong in the air with personality. We knew he could not play 90 minutes, we said to be ready before the game, but Eric (Garcia) is an incredible guy too.
"I'm glad to put 65-70 minutes in his legs, and that first step is good hopefully and he can help us until the end of the season. He is so important to the way we have to play, his character and mentality too. He has all the attributes.
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Mokekrt
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Aymeric what a tough man he is🤜💪
GateWaye
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Laporte have played consistent football and started playing that before van dijk and is three yes younger than van dijk. So deserved any praise he received. he's just underrated
ishti
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He is definitely Aguero of our Defence.
DEVANCY
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LAPORTE IS FAR BETTER THAN VAN DIJIK ....HE USES HIS SKILLS AND BRAIN TO DEFEND WHILE VAN DIJIK USES BODY FATNESS TO DEFEND, IF VAN DIJIK GO TO MAN CITY HE CAN BE BENCHED
ruhailz
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he's so good but still no where near VVD,but two of dem are my best in EPL, he's d main reason man city are in dis position now due to injury,dey really missed him a lot