Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola hailed centre backs Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias after Saturday's 1-0 Premier League win at Sheffield United.
The central defensive pair provided yet more compelling evidence of their impressive understanding and rapport, helping the City back line restrict Chris Wilder's side to just one shot on target at Bramall Lane.
“They (Dias and Laporte) played the last games, and they are doing really, really well. It's so important for us," Guardiola declared.
"It's good. Dias has settled really well, he gives us personality and charisma in the back-line.
“Both are playing really well. We struggled a lot last year not having two centre-backs who gave us that consistency.
“We had to rotate a lot, but we need everyone, it's impossible to play both every game.
“We are delighted with how they are doing but against Olympiakos, I have to think about making changes and rotating the team. It's a lot of games. Five games in 16 days."
