Pep Guardiola comments sum up Liverpool's only bright spark

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Bradley's performance against Madrid managed to quell much of the criticism that has been directed at him this season, perhaps somewhat unjustly. Pep Guardiola praised Conor Bradley after Manchester City's 3-0 win over Liverpool (Image: Getty Images) However, his performance against Man City received a less favourable response.

This was perfectly illustrated by the incident leading to City's penalty: Bradley, having positioned his body between Doku and the ball, was guiding it back towards the goalkeeper before Konaté intervened in a situation where his involvement wasn't required. Conor Bradley has enjoyed a good spell of form Although Bradley endured a challenging afternoon without proper assistance from his colleagues, his individual display remained largely consistent with his performance against Madrid.

According to FotMob, Bradley was statistically Liverpool's standout performer against City. Guardiola was lavish in his acclaim for Bradley's display, expressing that his reaction was one of being "really, really impressed." Bradley has a chance to continue his personal streak of form with World Cup qualifying matches against Slovakia on Friday night and Luxembourg on Monday night.