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title: "Manchester City: Fans rave over ‘unseen hero’ Ilkay Gundogan after Marseille win"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-fans-rave-over-unseen-hero-ilkay-gundogan-after-marseille-win/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2020-12-10T12:20:02Z"
modified: "2020-12-10T12:20:02Z"
---

# Manchester City: Fans rave over ‘unseen hero’ Ilkay Gundogan after Marseille win

**Flocking to Twitter, many Sky Blues fans lavished ‘unseen hero’ Ilkay Gundogan with praise after his first half display for Man City against Marseille – with manager Pep Guardiola now [sweating over his fitness](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-ilkay-gundogan-injury-19430682) for the Manchester derby on Saturday.**

Gundogan, who impressed over the first 45 minutes, came off with an ankle issue, much to the concern of some Man City supporters as they lavished his Champions League performance with praise.

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The German international, amassing [42-caps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ilkay-gundogan/nationalmannschaft/spieler/53622) for his country, was lauded as a ‘very underrated’ figure against Marseille as Guardiola’s men cruised to a 3-0 victory and rounded off the group stage in style.

Ferran Torres gave City an early second half lead before Sergio Aguero and an Alvaro Gonzalez own goal sealed a comfortable win – coming as a great warm up for one of the Sky Blues’ biggest games of the season against Manchester United.

Judging by the unanimous verdicts on ‘disrespected’ midfielder Gundogan, City fans certainly won’t want him to miss the clash with United.

Find all of their opinions about Gundogan down below.

### Man City fans lavish Gundogan

> this guy is a top midfielder that gets overlooked
>
> — (@iamyouroj) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/iamyouroj/status/1336800464634077186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gundogan in the Champions League, is different class
>
> — Hayden Knowles (@knowlseymcfc) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/knowlseymcfc/status/1336794544030035972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Spot on. Consistently our number one most versatile workhorse. oh and underrated with a pinch of an agenda sadly.
>
> — Josh4City (@Josh4City9320) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/Josh4City9320/status/1336794322080063488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gundogan and mahrez need to be less disrespected
>
> — Capalot (@Dermot18\_) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/Dermot18_/status/1336793367351615492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Facts one of the unseen hero’s in the team
>
> — JFFOOTBALL5 (@JohnDon114) [December 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/JohnDon114/status/1336835367685722115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> very underrated and always consistent for us
>
> — ⚡️ (@mxnciteh) [December 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/mxnciteh/status/1336793195787726849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***In other news: Man City fans also loved this Txiki ‘masterclass’, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/manchester-city-fans-react-as-angelino-condemns-man-united-to-the-europa-league/)***