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'I don't know how you beat them!': Manchester City are the closest to being a 'perfect' team, claims Owen Hargreaves... as Rio Ferdinand praises Pep Guardiola for 'setting a standard' at club with his 'relentless drive for perfection'

Manchester City are the closest thing to the 'perfect' team right now following their 5-0 thrashing of Sporting Lisbon, according to Owen Hargreaves.

Pep Guardiola's men all but qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League after scoring four goals in the first half of the first leg against the Portuguese champions before Raheem Sterling's stunning second-half strike.

Bernardo Silva scored twice but along with his boss claimed the Premier League champions can still improve, with the Portugal international going as far as suggesting they were 'sloppy' in the opening 45 minutes in Lisbon.