Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has opened up about his post-match conversation with Pep Guardiola following the club’s disappointing UCL defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Revealing that the Spaniard did not enter the inner sanctum of the dressing room to address the players directly, Maresca confirmed that Pep maintained a professional distance from the current squad to avoid undermining his predecessor’s authority during the matchday proceedings.

Enzo added that the psychological weight of facing elite opposition eventually took its toll on his players’ performances.

His words, “I saw him after, we were talking about the game, about the first-half, second-half. He was, first of all, very happy to be at the stadium, and then also very positive about things that he has seen during the game. It was great also for the fans to see him at the stadium and this will be always his house!

I reviewed the PSG game yesterday in the morning very early, I have the same feeling: I think before we conceded the first goal, we had the penalty shout from Rayan Cherki, the free-kick from Enzo, the corner that finished on the crossbar – before their goal.

Then we conceded the first one, and after one minute we conceded the second one. I think that moment we lost distance between players, we lost the balance. That can happen, thinking the other team is the best team in Europe, and in two minutes you go down 0-2.”

On Foden, “Just try to work with him day-by-day.

During the international break and since the red card against Manchester United has been quite long, but he’s training well, doing well since we started, very positive, very good. And we’ll see for tomorrow, he’s available but we have so many games that we’ll decide if he’s doing to start or not. But no doubt he’s going to give us something!”