Guardiola said: "Exceptional player, especially the consistency.
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"Plays every single game in every single competition. I admire that a lot. Every time he has the ball, something will happen. Free kicks, set pieces, connections with Rashford, Garnacho, all the strikers they have there. A really important player."
Asked if Fernandes and Luke Shaw could make City's XI, he replied: "That is football fantasies. I don't like."