Pep Guardiola accepts Manchester City were not correct sufficient after struggling a crushing defeat against Real Madrid, but says they need to now select themselves up to win the Premier League identify.
City were on the verge of a second consecutive Champions League final whilst 5-three up on mixture inside the final minute of their 2d leg towards Real Madrid. But remarkably, Rodrygo scored twice for the Spaniards at the stop of the game to take it to greater time.
Within that, Karim Benzema slotted home a penalty to make sure it is Real Madrid, no longer Manchester City, who might be up against Liverpool within the final later this month.
It method the Champions League trophy continues to evade Guardiola at City, despite all his different achievements on the membership.
All that remains to be had to them now this season is the Premier League name, which is not any small feat in itself. But there may be questions on why they haven’t been able to control extra in Europe.
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Speaking to BT Sport after the defeat Guardiola says his players had been not at their quality. He felt they might have been feeling the stress to make the final. But not anything should prepare them for what passed off at the loss of life.
“We were near. We had been close. But in the end we could not attain it,” Guardiola instructed BT Sport.
“It is straightforward. In the primary-half of we did not have sport, we have been now not desirable sufficient. But we did now not go through lots. After we scored the purpose we had been higher. We found out tempo and our sport and the players had been comfortable. It is not like within the ultimate 10 mins they assault and assault and you suffer.
