Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sung the praises of Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim.

Guardiola referred to Amorim as he considered the second-leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie with RB Leipzig.

With the aggregate score locked at 1-1, the Catalan said, "A year ago we won by five in Lisbon at this stage of the Champions League and they said 'how bad Sporting is'.

"What a poor team. They had won the league. From my point of view their coach is one of the best at the moment. His team it was very, very good. Do you know what happened there? Five opportunities, five shots, five goals. It was 100%.

"How good is the coach, huh? This year we had chances, we drew with Leipzig and they say that Manchester City is a disaster."