Manchester City secured their place in the Champions League semi-finals last night, beating Bayern Munich 4-1 on aggregate on Wednesday night. It means fans will be treated to a repeat of the same fixture last year against Real Madrid, which saw 11 goals over 210 minutes of football.
For Guardiola, it will be framed as an attempt to get a monkey off his back, having fallen against Real Madrid several times, while the pressure will be off Los Blancos.
He was pleased with the effort of his players againt Bayern though.
“They had one or two very good chances. Anything could happen, but we knew how to defend well,” said Pep Guardiola, knowing it will be incumbent on them to do so again in two weeks time.
The Manchester City manager has been criticised heavily over the last decade for his struggles in the Champions League, but they have a shot at redemption against the biggest bully of all.
“All the teams have the feeling that if you want to win the Champions League you have to beat Real Madrid. Before it was Barca and now it’s Madrid,” Guardiola told Sport, admitting the changing of the guard.
Midfield star Bernardo Silva also commented on the tie, admitting that it was the shot at revenge that Manchester City wanted.
Whomever wins the tie will be heavy favourites for the competition, as they will be facing an Italian team (Milan or Inter) in the final for the first time in 12 years. It is shaping up to be a tasty affair.
zisaiopry
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last time they beat Real Madrid and played the final against Chelsea, Did they win it?😂😂
marquesking
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It has only been Madrid or Bayern somehow not Barcelona. And oh, Bernardo Silva will have a long time regretting on the mistake he's just made thinking they'll revenge against Madrid
Haobkrstyz
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AYcj
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Even Madrid is afraid of that City of Manchester
Kakabcdirt
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lm Madrid fan But the this year we cannot beat city last year it was just a lucky
FemiBalogun
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i asked one of my friends: why do you want Man City to win Madrid?: He said 👉why must Madrid play champions league final Everytime???? 😂😂, do you think every other clubs excort real Madrid come?? 😜, Madrid should go and sit down for now, let other clubs that never win champions league take this one first 🤣🤣,in fact we will make sure that Madrid lose this time 😜. ME::: I don't even know what to say, I just start laughing 🤣, it's like some fans don't even want Madrid to play in Champions league again 😂
biblo2
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Don't happy when Pep praises your team before the match. You know what l mean🤣🤣🤣
Aman1997
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Simpler02
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It's ours again Real Madrid is the only club which can lift Champions League back to back and defend it again
Assouagael
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City please meet Liverpool and Vidal who always thought 💭 of revenge against Real Madrid and how it ended at the last whistle. RMA is king of Champions league, 15 title loading ...................
MuhammadDonzo10
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even though I am Barcelona fan but champion league was created for Madrid. they know how to play league than any other clubs in the world
Bwealth_002
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The winner between City or Madrid will be the champion❣️❣️
Julads
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true talk, if you want to become a champion, you must beat the champion 🏆 🥇