‘Talk your talk’, ‘You won the real trophy’ – Man City fans react as Aymeric Laporte hits out at PFA Team of the Year omission

Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte was far from impressed after he was left out of the PFA Premier League Team of the Year.

The Spanish international was not selected for the honour in favour of Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger, despite Manchester City’s Premier League glory.

The 28-year-old played 33 times for Pep Guardiola in the league this season, as they withstood the charge from Liverpool at the top.

The PFA Premier League Team of the Year was announced on Thursday. It included six Liverpool players but just three from Manchester City Laporte was one of those to miss out and he was not impressed

Fuming Laporte hits out at his omission from the PFA Team of the Year with series of social media posts highlighting his impressive stats for Manchester City, plus a Jose Mourinho GIF with a series of emoticons to express his frustration.

The GIF was from a famous interview in which Mourinho said he ‘preferred not to speak’ because if he did he ‘would be in big trouble’.

It’s easy to understood why Laporte feels hard done by, simply by looking at the numbers he shared himself.

The centre-back completed the most passes (2767) in the league and had the highest passing accuracy (94.85%). He also averaged the highest number of accurate passes per 90 (87.9).

Furthermore, no centre-back managed more than his four goals or three last-man tackles. All this with City having the joint best defensive record in the top flight.

Man City fans on Twitter were quick to back up their centre-back but were also keen to remind him that, at the end of the day, he got his hands on the prize that matters more than any other.

“Talk your talk. Best centre-back in the league this season..”
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“Aym, every city fan knows you’ve had a class season and we won’t forget it!! 💙”
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“You led us to that trophy bro. You were the best CB in the league. No doubt. Let them take the small ones we take the league.”
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“You won the actual real big trophy tho, who cares about being in the team of the year?.”
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“Maybe if some of our fans didn’t run stupid agendas against him he’d be in the pfa toty.”
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Virgil van Dijk getting ahead of you was on a reputation basis only no way was he better..”
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“Thiago started in 17 PL matches, appeared in only 25. Compare that to 35 starts and 36 apperances for Declan Rice and 33 starts for Rodri and you have a highway robbery at it’s finest..”
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“We all know the media, the prem etc. support Liverpool. Doesn’t matter, we do the talking on the pitch.”
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