Manchester City fans have been hailing John Stones following his performance against Atletico Madrid, helping Pep Guardiola’s side to book their place in the Champions League semi-finals.
City led 1-0 from the first leg and faced a barrage of Atletico Madrid pressure in the second half before Diego Simeone’s side lost the plot and multiple scuffles ensued.
The English side deserve the plaudits for keeping the crucial clean sheet when it mattered, but John Stones deserves a lot of credit with coming through the tough test in Spain.
Stone was absolutely magnificent, calm when needed, aggressive, and his timing had to be spot on. Might have scored as well.
Joao Felix, for all his energetic running, didn’t actually get much change out of Stones. A great late block from John was arguably one of the highlights of the match.
Man City fans, then, were all over Twitter praising Stones for his display. Here’s what some of them had to say on Twitter…
“Unreal performance tonight”
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“He was fantastic today”
Credit: @Kafkaesque_10
“What a game he had.”
Credit: @MbappeKopite
“What a performance man.. the whole defence today was rock solid”
Credit: @Partap07
“Stones has been outstanding over the last couple of seasons wait scratch that …ever since pep stopped pairing him up with Otamendi..
That block was equal to a winning goal.”
Credit: @nduchez29
“What an absolute baller man”
Credit: @Nas9024
“Haven’t missed Dias’ absence as much as we thought we would thanks to this playboy here”
Credit: @r0mmers
“The best thing to come out of tonight ”
Credit: @cityzen_96
“Absolutely sensational
All the players who started against Liverpool were a shade of themselves today
Only John was near his best
He’s in the category of the best CBs of this football year”
Credit: @Sahilpa86232916
“anyway let’s talk about how criminally underrated john stones is, he was incredible”
Credit: @isabelbless
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