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Guardiola on new signings, showing Foden 'love' and facing PSG

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain (kick-off 20:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

  • Guardiola would not give an update on Kyle Walker's situation - with the defender looking likely to leave the club this transfer window - and he has not travelled with the squad to Paris.

  • The City boss said they can "reflect" on the new competition format after the group stage finishes and it is a "good experience for everyone" as it is new for all teams, not just them.

  • He added: "Really important game for both tomorrow but we have another game in a few days at home. We need six points, maybe mathematically three and we could go through, so we will see."

  • It is "not possible" for their two new signings to play in the final two group games of the competition, but Guardiola confirmed that in the Premier League "they are able to play already" both physically and mentally.

  • On recent results and performances he said: "Results have been good. The performance in the last game was good. Other ones we had results but performance was not our best. From where we came from, results were really important but now we come to the toughest part of season in terms of opponents. I see the calendar and say 'wow', but we go for it."

  • On what has changed for Phil Foden from the start of the season, Guardiola said: "He was not able to play, simple. So we play a lot of parts of the season without the best player in the world and best player in the Premier League last season."

  • He said they tried to "let Phil know how much we love him" to help him come through difficulties and added: "The feeling, his mood, his face, the past few weeks he has been talking more, laughing more, being involved in the locker room. Before, he was a little bit down. For the situation we had, for the injured, for the last Euro, I don't know, but this is the career of a football player."

  • Guardiola said they "definitely have room for improvement" but added: "Life is not always perfect, you live bad moments and what defines us as football players and human beings is how we react and overcome situations."

  • The City boss praised PSG manager Luis Enrique for how they play, but still wants a "horrible performance" from them tomorrow. However, he added: "That will be for 95 minutes, afterwards the relationship [with Enrique] will always be there."

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