Guarditola “hurt” speaks of City's chances of eliminating Real

A loss that Pep Guardiola may have expected, because when you face Real Madrid, everything is possible.

And in fact, in the arch of eight minutes, Carlo Anceplotti and his “band” managed to overthrow Manchester City to ensure a big victory in “Etihad Stadium”, in the first match of “play-off” in the Champions League.

This was a serious blow to “Cizens”, which is going through the hardest moments in recent years, writes “Gazeta Express”.

It's often happened if something happens many times is because I can't find a solution. It was the year when Real Madrid was better, we had a good result in the last few minutes and dropped it off. We found the penalty (which turned Haaland goal), the match was balanced, they had more cases than ever here in Etihad. When we were able to create and do much more, our opponent changed his situation. We didn't give them a gift, although Real did nothing”, the Spanish coach for “Movistar” said.

He also spoke of defense errors, especially the goal of Jude Bellingham in the extra minutes.

They were better with the ball, we were a little nervous. There are things that have often happened during this season. We'll try to reverse the outcome, psychologically, it's hard. Hard fights await us, and we will travel to Madrid. We're going to try to fix something so that we can have more games and pass away (at the eighth)”, Guardiola concluded.

The team, which will be most successful in the double duel, will qualify in the quarterfinals of Champions.