City boss Guardiola says he is charmed with the ability of his young players in spite of, Manchester City enduring their first thrashing of the season.
City were beaten 2 - 1 by Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine in spite of the fact that they were at that point guaranteed of a place in the last 16 as best seeds in the wake of winning their opening five matches .
The City manager rolled out seven changes from the group that beat West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday , including a full introduction for 17 - year - old Phil Foden , who turned into the most youthful ever Englishman to begin a Champions League match .
English born Nigerian Adarabioyo , 20 , was strong at the back while 18 - year - old Brahim Diaz hit the post not long after he was introduced to the game .
" Congratulations to Shakhtar , it was a decent match , " Guardiola disclosed to BT Sport . " Their first goal was sublime , and the second goal we didn't guard that well .
" We battled and I ' m so satisfied for Tosin , Phil and Brahim and how well they played against a decent group like Shahktar Donetsk .
" The general population saw it , we came here to win and we were there until the end . We couldn ' t do it however I' m pleased for the ability . "
It was the first vanquish for City in 29 matches in a run extending back 227 days and furthermore conveyed a conclusion to a 20 - match club - record winning streak .
City fell behind to first - half goal from Bernard and Ismaily before substitute Sergio Aguero pulled a goal once again from the penalty spot in damage time .
Champions Real Madrid are among the groups they could meet in the last 16 alongside Bayern Munich , Juventus , Sevilla , Porto or Basel .
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