Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed his sadness after the defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League summit on Tuesday evening, but he seemed calm at the same time.
Manchester City lost 2-3 to Real Madrid, after giving up a 2-1 lead during the match that was held at the Etihad Stadium
Guardiola stressed that he has only one way to cross, which is to “score goals at the Santiago Bernabeu ” in the second leg next week.
Manchester City will have to win by two goals, or win by one goal, and then resort to extra time in Madrid
The Spanish coach spoke about the “phenomenon” of losing the match after taking the lead, which Manchester City suffers from this season: “This phenomenon happened in many matches, such as the match against Feyenoord, against Sporting Lisbon, against Brentford in the English Premier League , and against Manchester United.”
“Many games like this, in the end we lose control of it, it’s not the first time unfortunately, it’s happened many times,” he added.
Guardiola stressed: “I said months ago, I am not good enough to provide what is required, such as managing this type of situation.”
At the same time, the veteran coach refused to blame his team, despite the defensive errors that occurred in the match: “I cannot be angry with my team because we know the team we are facing. But sometimes when you play at this level, and achieve a good result that is very close to winning, and you let it slip away from you, it is difficult to accept
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