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Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City fans will give the team exactly what they need at the Etihad - if the players do their jobs to recognise the effort of the supporters. The manager admitted that he would not have cheered for the team on Tuesday night in their 2-0 defeat to Leverkusen and accused them of 'not trying'.

Anyone who saw a programme for the Champions League match will have read high praise for the fans from Guardiola . "The atmosphere you guys created was special and my players were superb," he wrote in his notes. "On days like that, our stadium is an incredible place to play football, so thank you."

That was not the case on Tuesday as a team with 10 changes played out a miserable defeat to lose a seven-year streak of never losing a home game in the fir

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