International Champions Cup: Real Madrid go down 4-1 to Manchester City

Oscar Rodriguez scored the lone goal for Los Blancos as the Champions League winners need to reflect on their performances in the last two games.

Pep Guardiola has confirmed Manchester City are “still looking” to add to their £200 million summer spending spree, although he refused to comment on the possibility of hijacking Real Madrid’s move for Kylian Mbappe.

The celebrations showed how much it meant to the City players and how relieved Madrid must’ve been to see the back of De Bruyne with 20 minutes to go!

These calculations do not include Bernardo Silva, who was signed from Monaco at the beginning of the summer transfer window and could well be a jewel in City’s crown. Guardiola has time and again spoken about finding a way to make both Aguero and Jesus play together and based on today’s performance, the former Barcelona manager might employ it more often this season. There are a lot of other players, but he is still on that team.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola hailed his players after their spectacular 4-1 friendly win over Real Madrid.

In terms of game play, both Real Madrid and Manchester City did not look at all rusty or like they were taking part in an exhibition match.

The new addition to the Manchester City squad, Benjamin Mendy says joining the EPL is something he has always wanted.

Guardiola also hit back at claims by Gary Neville that City prospect Phil Foden is at “the wrong Manchester club”.

The £35 million summer signing from Benfica may have struggled to convince during City’s 2-0 defeat to rivals United last weekend, but it was against Madrid on Wednesday evening that he appeared far more assured.

“We are all young and, when you are the same age together, you have the same interests”.

“The competition (Premier League) starts on the 12th (of August) and the market is still open”.

“He came to see me at the beginning of the season so we could invent a code to help me know where to place my crosses”, Mendy told French sports daily L’Equipe.

Danilo also sounded confident about Manchester City’s chances of winning Europe’s biggest tournament, insisting that he wouldn’t have signed for the club had he not been sure about their ability to win it.