Tonight, it was Real Madrid who scored first, but the statistics from this Champions League quarter-final second leg don’t lie. Manchester City outrageously dominated their duel against Casa Blanca: 34 shots against 8, 120 attacks against 19, 18 corners to 1, 64% possession against 36%. Despite everything, this was not enough for Kevin De Bruyne’s partners to reach the last four of the competition. Obviously, a huge feeling of frustration invaded the Mancunian camp after the match.
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With Real Madrid coming to put the bus in front of their goal, the Cityzens may regret seeing that the best team of the day did not triumph. But on the other hand, Merengue’s resilience should be highlighted. Despite the constellation of stars that make it up, Carlo Ancelotti’s team proved that each player knew how to sacrifice themselves for the common good. An impeccable attitude which allowed the Merengues to thwart City. What annoys Pep Guardiola? At a press conference, the Skyblues coach did not try to find excuses.
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Guardiola congratulates his players
“I have to say thank you to these players from the bottom of my heart for the way they played. But football is about winning and we didn’t do enough, but we were exceptional. Sometimes you can win on penalties, sometimes you can’t. But in this match we didn’t convert the chances we had, even though we defended very well. Everyone played at a high level. We said we should be at our best to play against Real Madrid and they were. I would have preferred to win, but I congratulate Real Madrid. We did everything, so I have no regrets about what we did. As a coach, I always say you have to score more and concede less and we did everything. We played exceptionally well, but unfortunately we couldn’t win.”he declared, before continuing.
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“There is no such thing as luck, as Cruyff said. We didn’t score a goal. We did everything except score. Losing like that hurts. But at the same time, it’s awesome. We are bad today, and we will be bad tomorrow. We can’t win every time, but we tried and we worked well. We showed our personality against Madrid and I don’t know what more we could have done. (…) It’s football. In another sport we might have won, but football is wonderful because of these things. We could only play the way we did, shoot on goal, make good transitions… We weren’t asking to win 4-0, just to be us and show our personality. That’s what we did, but it wasn’t enough. We are eliminated. We should have scored earlier. All that remains is to congratulate Madrid for its ability to defend and resist. They did very well and we couldn’t score.”. Manchester City now have a title to win in the Premier League and an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea to win to alleviate this big European disappointment.
Pub. 04/18/2024 00:55 Updated 04/18/2024 01:40
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