After his side drew 2-2 with Lyon in the Champions League this week, Pep Guardiola showed his pure love of the game, by showering praise on one of his opponent's best players.
Youngster Houssem Aouar's display against the Premier League champions was quiet by his own promising standards, but it did not stop the City boss from speaking wax lyrical about the midfielder after the contest.
British outlets have claimed that Aouar is coveted by many elite clubs in the English top flight, such as Chelsea and Arsenal, and given the way Guardiola speaks about the player, it is not hard to guess why.
In his post match news conference after facing Aouar and Lyon, Guardiola said: "Houssem Aouar is a very good player. He is incredible. We talk a lot about (Tanguy) Ndombele, but Aouar is also excellent. He's always very calm with the ball at his feet, with an excellent technical quality. Lyon really has a very good team. There are young people full of quality and I think the team is in place tactically."
Guardiola added: "I think we can congratulate them, we have had absences tonight, but we have to congratulate them."
A France U21 international, Aouar joined Lyon as a youngster from AC Villeurbanne and broke into the first team in 2017.