With Ashton Gate full to bursting it was fitting that the press conference room inside the bowels of the Lansdown Stand was standing room only as Pep Guardiola strode in to deliver his post-match debrief.
There was an early carrot for local journalists as the Manchester City manager noted that Bristol City midfielder Alex Scott was “unbelievable”, without expanding on the adjective, but with so much national attention present the focus of the conversation was, frustratingly understandably, on the Premier League club: Kevin De Bruyne’s return to fitness, Kalvin Phillips’ performance, the travelling support.
Bristol-based media were afforded one question at the end as the BBC’s Damian Derrick, dangling a Scott-sized worm for the Catalan, asked: “what did you think of Bristol City’s performance and was there a player who stood out for you?”
