Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, admitted that he “no solution” for the repeated failure of his team to defend a lead after he had raised two late goals in a dramatic Champions League defeat against Real Madrid on Tuesday evening.
Erling Haaland met two -time Fire City on both sides of Kylian Mbappes 60th minute. The defending champions of the Premier League were 2-1 in Etihad with less than five minutes before Brahim Diaz – a former city player – reached the visitor level. Jude Bellingham completed another real comeback (and a further collapse of the city) with a winner of the 92nd minute.
This dramatic turn may have been stung, but was not a new feeling for Guardiola’s side. City has lost five different games that you conducted all competitions this season – the same balance that you recorded together in the previous four campaigns.
When Guardiola was annoyed Movistar Post-Game: “It often happened when something happens often often, it is because I cannot find a solution.
“It was the year in which Madrid was better, we had a good result in the last few minutes and we let go. We got the penalty, but the game was pretty even, they had opportunities here at Etihad. “
Madrid may need a tap-in from Bellingham to achieve victory, but as Carlo Ancelotti emphasized: “At the end of the day, victory is deserved.” The Spanish champion has a amazing 20 shots collected most of the visiting team during the eight and a half year term of Guardiola in the Etihad. Opta.
“They were better with the ball, we were a bit worried,” Guardiola continued. “These are things that have often happened to us over the course of the year. We will try it, it is mentally difficult, we have hard games left and we will travel to Madrid, we will try to play a little more and get through. “
City has to win at least two clear goals – or that better from Madrid in a penalty shootout after a start -up with a goal – in the second leg on Wednesday, February 19, in the Santiago Bernabeu.