Pep Guardiola sees a \"bright future\" for Manchester City in their 2-0 loss at home to Liverpool. Guardiola sat Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gündogan and Bernardo Silva on the bench a trio of 20-year-olds in Rico Lewis, Savinho and Abdukodir Khusanov playing. City\'s average age in the match was just 24.7 years old.
\"I saw a bright future,\" Guardiola told the BBC after City dropped to 20 points behind Liverpool in the table.
\"Other than Kevin [De Bruyne] and Nathan [Ake], they are the future of this club in the next years, with others who will come in future windows.
\"It was a good game. Tight game in the first half. First half it was more open and in the second half they defended very deep. They always have the threat but it is not easy to control it. Big compliment to them but I am very pleased with the way we play.\"
Via Rob Dawson/ESPN