Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said his side didn’t play their best when they lost to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
The game which was a Champions League semi-final second leg ended 3-1 in favour of Madrid who had lost 4-3 at the Etihad Stadium in England.
Speaking after the game, Guardiola told BT Sport, “We didn’t play our best, but it is normal, in a semi-final, the players feel the pressure and wanting to do it.”
“Football is unpredictable, it is a game like this. We have to accept it.”
“After we scored the goal we were better. We found out tempo and our game and the players were comfortable,” added Guardiola.
“It is not like in the last 10 minutes they attack and attack and you suffer. It didn’t happen. They put a lot of players in the box, with (Eder) Militao, Rodrygo, Vinicius (Junior), Benzema and they put in crosses and scored two goals.”
Madrid has now booked a place in the final against Liverpool. in what looks like a repeat of 2018 final.
The Spanish side had proceeded to face City after they needed comebacks at the Bernabeu to see off Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in the previous two rounds.
