Pep Guardiola holds his head in regret, declaring Man City will eliminate Real Madrid

Crazy thing happened at Etihad, Man City lead Real Madrid 2-0 in just 11 minutes, first leg semi-final C1 Cup. But the team that has won the cup 13 times did not collapse after that, together with the host created an attractive chase with a 4-3 result in favor of Man City.

The image of Pep Guardiola holding his head is both regretful and incredulous about Benzema’s penalty kick near the end of the game that says many things. Man City could have obtained a different result if they played smarter than before Real Madrid and the way they let the opponent narrow to 3-4 in the ‘first leg’, it is entirely possible to be appropriately punished at the rematch at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night next week.

However, Pep Guardiola claims there is nothing to complain about his team: “I won’t complain about the results, about the performance, nothing at all.

I am very proud and extremely happy with what Man City showed today. We did all we could to win“.

The Spanish captain further evaluated and set a goal to continue to win Real Madrid in the second leg: “It was a great game for both sides. We did a lot of good things. Unfortunately Man City conceded a goal and could not score more.

But this is a 2 game fight and we still have the ‘return’ next week.

We will go to Madrid and try to win the Champions League final“.

He declared Man City will continue to play their football: “All Man City can do is perform like we’re playing. The quality of Real Madrid can punish you.

We did it both with and without the ball, creating our chances so we couldn’t ask for anything else.

I told the players to rest. Leeds is the most important now and we will go to Real Madrid’s Bernabeu to win“.

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