Manchester City were dumped out of the Club World Cup days after Pep Guardiola defended comments made by former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

Pep Guardiola’s focus turned immediately to the Premier League and challenging Liverpool for the title in the wake of Manchester City’s Club World Cup exit. The Blues suffered a shock 4-3 loss to Al-Hilal in the last-16 stage of a tournament many had billed as the beginning of City’s return to the top table.

Pep Guardiola has suggested Rodri has suffered an injury setback following Manchester City ’s elimination from the Club World Cup. City fell to a 4-3 defeat to Saudi side Al-Hilal in the early hours of Tuesday morning, crashing out of the competition at the last 16 stage.