Pep Guardiola cheekily admitted that he had “lied” over Manchester City because he had a 1% chance of falling her Champions League Knockout Round Play-Off-tie with Real Madrid, but is aware that his team is aware ” Almost perfect “must be” to get through to get through to get through to get through to get through to get through To get through to get through to get through to get through.
The reigning Premier League master, who won the Champions League in 2023 thanks to the Rodri winning goal against Inter against Inter, drove the Santiago Bernabeu 3-2 after a dramatic late breakdown in the Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland’s clip had brought the city into a strong position against the 15-time winners, but the goals of Brahim Diaz and Jew Bellingham turned to Madrid.
Guardiola evaluated the opportunities of the city to make progress as “minimal” and “at 1%”, but the Spaniard took a different tone on Tuesday when he spoke to the media.
“We almost have to make it a perfect game,” he said. “We have to attack. We have to score goals. This is the idea.
“We have to play with courage. We have to be ourselves. It will take incredible courage and we have to play to win. We could still lose, but we have to show this courage and we have to be so well, we have to play so well, Especially after the result, we took with us in the first leg.
“We have to change a lot. I lied to you and you didn’t believe me. I said because we were on the road and nobody had bet on us. But when the days passed, the enthusiasm returns. We will try it , it will try to go through.
Seeing Real Madrid, both in Bernabeu and European competition, is not something that Guardiola is strange. City won her two -legged semi -finals in 2023 with a total number of points of 5: 1, while during his time in Barcelona he scored some great victories in the Spanish capital.
“I have some incredible memories here – sometimes good, sometimes not so good,” he added.
“We know in this phase, and in this stadium the pressure is there – but you get it in Milan, in Barcelona, in Anfield. You have to suffer in these places, but you have to reduce these moments.”