Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has publicly congratulated Chelsea on winning the Club World Cup.
The Spaniard was reflecting on his history with City in the Champions League after his side won 5-0 away to Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their knockout tie.
"We made a perfect Champions League but in the final we didn't perform as we normally do [against Chelsea]," Guardiola said.
"That's why, against a top side, a world champion - I congratulate them publicly for the first time to be Club World Cup champions - and the margin of the Champions League is in this detail."
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