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THE BRONZE STANDARD

“Before joining Lyon, I used to watch the Champions League draw and pray that we didn’t get them. Basically, you were out if you did.

In 2017, when I was still playing for Manchester City, we faced Lyon in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The first game was in Manchester and I can remember standing on the pitch, looking at their team and just thinking, ‘Wow’. They literally had all the best players in the world.

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