Patrice Evra has mocked Manchester City following their collapse against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, May 4.
The Premier League leaders appeared to be cruising to the final when Riyad Mahrez put his side ahead on the night and 5-3 up on aggregate with under 20 minutes to go.
However, Rodrygo scored twice after the 90th minute to take the tie into extra-time. Karim Benzema's penalty in the early minutes of extra time completed an extraordinary comeback to send Madrid into the final in Paris on May 28.
It was a devastating blow for Manchester City. Their players looked shell-shocked after the full-time whistle at the Bernabeu, as they once again saw their dream of an inaugural Champions League triumph for the club go up in smoke.
Following the game, Manchester United legend Evra took to Instagram to revel in the Cityzens misery. The Frenchman, who won the competition with the Red Devils in 2008, posted a photoshopped picture of "himself" and Sir Bobby Charlton with the European Cup, while discussing where their great rivals were mentioned on the trophy.
He cheekily captioned the photo,
"How many years you think me and Sir Bobby will have to check?"
Pep Guardiola claims Manchester City "were not good enough"
While City's search for their elusive European crown drags on, as does Guardiola's Champions League drought.
The Catalonian hasn't won Europe's elite club competition since 2011. The defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu meant the former Barcelona boss, with six losses, now holds the record for most semi-final exits in the competition for a manager.
Following the encounter, Guardiola couldn't hide his disappointment, but was sympathetic to his players.
He told BT Sport (via BBC Sport):
Spartacus_Aye419
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Nobody should ever mention Guardiola's name whenever a coach like Mourinho is mentioned. Mourinho is by far better than Guardiola. More than 100 million pounds spent on players and Guardiola is still finding it difficult to win a champions league trophy with Manchester City. Give this city squad to Mourinho and he will win a champions league trophy within two years. The only reason Guardiola has dominated the English premier league is because clubs like Manchester united and Arsenal are in a rebuilding phase. We are talking of a coach who couldn't win the champions league with Bayern Munich. Any other coach would have easily won trophies with the Barcelona team he coached. PEP is Good, No Doubt. But Heβs Not in the League of Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ancelotti and Even Jurgen Klopp. I Should Have Mentioned Zidane, But People Will say He was Lucky to have won a Three-Peat Champions League. PEP Just canβt Function without Overspending. Mourinho would Beat Chelsea in that 2021 Final, and Would Easily Win it with that Bayer Munich Team PEP Failed it. I Mean, Guardiola is a Bit Overrated. πππππ
Albertt
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MadridMaldives
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Seedorf and Evra recording greatness in person! π€© π₯
AfrasbinAk
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I was so tired last night... So I watched only 85 minutes, MC were 2 goals lead, In my dream I saw that RM won the match, Suddenly wake up and opened Football app to check the results!! I am surprised that RM really won the match.... ππππ
SteveBillionaire
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@Afy, you should pay me for stealing my contents... π
rufulobr
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Manchester United no better. No UCL final appearance in the last 10 years with 2nd highest nett spend. They are actually worse than City
Divine_Armour
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It's his ego, arrogance and stubbornness that got City knocked out...... City play beautiful football like no other team, but then again, that alone won't win you CL cause you have to know when kill the game off and defend...... You can't go into the CL match with the mindset of the league...... As long as they continue doing that, they'll NEVER WIN, that'll continue to choke until they swallow their pride
jasondrx77
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we lost to a great team with great players and a great coach and we congratulate themππ₯we are ready for the insults, criticism, trolling etc π€£π it's football the game we love and it's part of it so do your worst and enjoy itππ, next yea we will be competing again because we are consistent π Good luck to both Real Madrid and Liverpool in the final, you both deserved it with amazing π performances π₯
poudklpu
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Savage π
BrishavSharmaGarg
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if man city have sign this player last year , match will on another levelπ₯π₯π₯π₯
Natackmos
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EpistemicFallibilist
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Nobody should ever mention Guardiola's name whenever a coach like Mourinho is mentioned. Mourinho is by far better than Guardiola. More than 100 million pounds spent on players and Guardiola is still finding it difficult to win a champions league trophy with Manchester City. Give this city squad to Mourinho and he will win a champions league trophy within two years. The only reason Guardiola has dominated the English premier league is because clubs like Manchester united and Arsenal are in a rebuilding phase. We are talking of a coach who couldn't win the champions league with Bayern Munich. Any other coach would have easily won trophies with the Barcelona team he coached. PEP is Good, No Doubt. But Heβs Not in the League of Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ancelotti and Even Jurgen Klopp. I Should Have Mentioned Zidane, But People Will say He was Lucky to have won a Three-Peat Champions League. PEP Just canβt Function without Overspending. Mourinho would Beat Chelsea in that 2021 Final, and Would Easily Win it with that Bayer Munich Team PEP Failed it. I Mean, Guardiola is a Bit Overrated. πππππ
This is false lmao. Pep is better tactically and just as good mentally as Mourinho. The Barca team that pep built came from pep single handedly making academy Barca players surpass their own limits and created a new system which ended up revolutionizing football completely. I'm a Madrid fan but pep is definitely better, Bayern not winning cl is not bcoz of pep, but bcoz of an unstoppable Madrid force, and city not winning cl again isn't bcoz of pep, but bcoz city has no leaders
lonedawg
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Nobody should ever mention Guardiola's name whenever a coach like Mourinho is mentioned. Mourinho is by far better than Guardiola. More than 100 million pounds spent on players and Guardiola is still finding it difficult to win a champions league trophy with Manchester City. Give this city squad to Mourinho and he will win a champions league trophy within two years. The only reason Guardiola has dominated the English premier league is because clubs like Manchester united and Arsenal are in a rebuilding phase. We are talking of a coach who couldn't win the champions league with Bayern Munich. Any other coach would have easily won trophies with the Barcelona team he coached. PEP is Good, No Doubt. But Heβs Not in the League of Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ancelotti and Even Jurgen Klopp. I Should Have Mentioned Zidane, But People Will say He was Lucky to have won a Three-Peat Champions League. PEP Just canβt Function without Overspending. Mourinho would Beat Chelsea in that 2021 Final, and Would Easily Win it with that Bayer Munich Team PEP Failed it. I Mean, Guardiola is a Bit Overrated. πππππ
Only barca and city fans thinks he's the greatest I totally agree with you 3000%
EpistemicFallibilist
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Nobody should ever mention Guardiola's name whenever a coach like Mourinho is mentioned. Mourinho is by far better than Guardiola. More than 100 million pounds spent on players and Guardiola is still finding it difficult to win a champions league trophy with Manchester City. Give this city squad to Mourinho and he will win a champions league trophy within two years. The only reason Guardiola has dominated the English premier league is because clubs like Manchester united and Arsenal are in a rebuilding phase. We are talking of a coach who couldn't win the champions league with Bayern Munich. Any other coach would have easily won trophies with the Barcelona team he coached. PEP is Good, No Doubt. But Heβs Not in the League of Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ancelotti and Even Jurgen Klopp. I Should Have Mentioned Zidane, But People Will say He was Lucky to have won a Three-Peat Champions League. PEP Just canβt Function without Overspending. Mourinho would Beat Chelsea in that 2021 Final, and Would Easily Win it with that Bayer Munich Team PEP Failed it. I Mean, Guardiola is a Bit Overrated. πππππ
Pep is good, too good for his own good tactically, which is why he'd sometimes forget the most basic things that is more important to winning. The city loss today isn't pep's fault, it's bcoz rm are unstoppable mental beasts with players with higher experience and quality