In this video
- Maresca calls it complete on and off the ball. The first half brought enough chances to win, the opposing keeper was very good, and overall he thinks his side deserved it.
- Games here are always tricky because of the environment, and that is normal, he says. He thinks his players dealt with it very well.
- Asked about trouble in the tunnel at half-time and a Porto complaint over a collision, Maresca says he had already gone inside and really did not see anything.
- Bouaddi lost the ball twice against Coventry and was then calm inside his own box, Maresca says. You expect that from experienced players, not from an 18-year-old.
“Now it's on me to allow them to work in the right way and use them.”
- Asked whether he would speak to his captain about a hand on the opposition coach, Maresca asks how many times his own bench stood up. None in 95 minutes, he says, and he asks how often theirs did.
- Maresca says his goalkeeper was top against Coventry. The problems came from wrong decisions to play back to him when there were other options.
- Bouaddi speaks French, English and Spanish perfectly, Maresca says, and is different in empathy and maturity. That is why the club made the effort to bring him in.
Enzo Maresca praises Man City’s new midfield trio of Ayyoub Bouaddi, Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernández after another impressive Champions League performance.
The City boss highlighted 18-year-old Bouaddi’s remarkable composure and maturity, and explained why Man City invested heavily in all three midfielders and how they could become a major part of Man City’s future
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