Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has praised his striking superstar Gabriel Jesus.

The Brazilian was there to cover for the absence of Sergio Aguero against Real Madrid.

And he managed to get on the scoresheet, along with providing an assist, in a 2-1 win to put them in the quarter finals of the Champions League.

City manager Guardiola told reporters: "Gabriel was the man (of the match) for these two games. He scored in Madrid and provoked the penalty, here he made the assist and scored the goal. He was so decisive for us.

"He always helps us for more than goals, but of course for a striker it's important to score. Big players have to show on big stages, in big games, and against the king of this competition he showed it twice.

"I think he made an incredible step forward to say, "Here I am and I can win games by myself"."