Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City is still not ready to win the Champions League eve after their encouraging fightback with a man down to win 3-2 away at Schalke.
Guardiola was not happy to concede two goals, saying they have to make fewer mistakes if they are to compete in Europe.
His words, “It was a great result but we gave away the first penalty, we gave away the second penalty, we gave away the red card, in this competition that is not good, too many things,” he told BT Sport.
“We are still not ready to fight for the latter stages, that is the reality, but the result is really good.
“We played good but we lost some easy balls, which you are not allowed to do in this competition.”
“I trust VAR,” “I am a big fan of that so if it’s a penalty, it’s a penalty.
“I have arguments for complaining sometimes but not on this one. I think the first is a penalty and the second one and the red card.
“We played with personality but gave away two goals when they didn’t do absolutely anything. How many shots on target did they have? I think zero.
“It’s not over. I like to live these kind of situations to realise this competition is completely different. We gave too much to the opponent to still be in the game.”
“Schalke did really well, the way they defended made it difficult. At the end we did it, we scored three goals away — that was the most important thing.”
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