Man City's Pep Guardiola praises youngsters following Sporting draw

Pep Guardiola reflected with satisfaction after Manchester City formally confirmed their Champions League quarter-final place on Wednesday. The Premier League leaders had all but secured progress with their 5-0 thrashing of Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their last-16 tie last month but they still needed to finalise the matter in the return. They did that with little alarm as they played out a routine goalless draw without truly exerting themselves against a side already resigned to elimination. Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-champions-league-sporting-b2032528.html Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Independent Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.independent Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content and live events: https://bit.ly/2MiOONB