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Former Manchester City superstar Yaya Toure has heaped the praise on Angelino after his recent performance for the club.

What did he say?

The left-back situation has been an issue for some time now at City. The likes of Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko have had to step into the role in recent years whilst big money signing Benjamin Mendy has been injured.

Now, it seems that the City boss has found a man with great ability for his left-back spot.

Angelino has impressed since he has been brought into the side and still has only nine senior appearances for the club. And, in his latest display at Anfield, he surprised former City midfielder Toure.

He told Sky Sports: "Angelino played very very well, I was so surprised by the young lad at left-back, he was good and I appreciated him a lot."

Making the spot his own

Ever since 2017, Guardiola has struggled to cement one man in this role. Gael Clichy and Aleksandar Kolarov both left in the summer of that year, as Mendy came in to replace them. However, the Frenchman has spent more time on the sidelines than he has on the pitch.

Now, perhaps Angelino is finally the man to take the left-back spot on a permanent basis.

Against Liverpool, the 22-year-old struggled against Mohamed Salah but showed fantastic attacking intent throughout. In truth, he was one of City's best attacking players on that crucial day.

Although he has just two starts in the league so far, the former PSV Eindhoven man has averaged 1.8 crosses and 1.5 key passes per game - more than Mendy's 0.7 crosses and o key passes per game.

Zinchenko is still injured and, for now at least, it looks like Angelino is Guardiola's man.