Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City have missed Benjamin Mendy.

Mendy has made only 18 appearances since joining from Monaco in the summer of 2017 due to multiple knee injuries.

When asked how much City have missed the 24-year-old Frenchman, Guardiola said: "The results that we have had in the last two years would say not too much.

"But I say I have missed him a lot. I had the feeling he could give us [something] extra, so hopefully in the last part of the season, and in the future, the club can use him.

"When he pushes from outside, from the left side, he is unstoppable and, especially in the last third, he is so clever.

"He does not cross to cross. He is clever when he does these kinds of actions.

"But in the last season and a half, he has played in few games and [for] all the training and practice, he was not there.

"We will need some time to adjust, especially his quality, for what we need."