{"id":1353131,"date":"2024-05-27T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1353131"},"modified":"2024-05-27T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:26:48","slug":"pep-guardiola-lisandro-martinez-top-five-centre-backs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pep-guardiola-lisandro-martinez-top-five-centre-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisandro Martinez is one of the world’s five best centre-backs, says Pep Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola was full of praise for Lisandro Martinez after his side’s FA Cup final defeat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester City missed out on the chance of history at Wembley after rivals Manchester United stopped them becoming the first ever side to do the double in back-to-back Premier League campaigns.<\/p>\n

First half goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo ensured the FA Cup went home with the Red side of Manchester for the 13th time in the competition’s history despite Jeremy Doku’s late strike. It meant that after their treble winning campaign last season, Manchester City would have to make do with just one record in 2023\/24 as they became the first ever side to win the Premier League title in four consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n

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    A host of Manchester United players put in impressive performances at Wembley, including Andre Onana, who made some crucial saves, Bruno Fernandes, who created five chances and provided an assist, Kobbie Mainoo, who was named POTM and Sofyan Amrabat, who was best to his destructive best. But it was Lisandro Martinez who Pep Guardiola singled out in his post-match interview.<\/p>\n

    “Lisandro Martinez is top five centre-backs in the world,” the Spaniard said after the game.<\/p>\n

    “He made the difference on this game by playing passes through our defence.”<\/p>\n