Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to say that his team must be exceptional to qualify ahead of Real Madrid in the UCL. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, his players have to stay true to themselves in both legs to stand any chance against the current La Liga leaders.
Pep added that his team must stick to its regular playing style because Real Madrid will always be a tough opponent.
His words, “Listen, this competition we went through against Real Madrid but it was a tight two games,”
“We went out in the quarter finals in other years when it was tight too. The reality is in the last decade we are already there, fighting for the Champions League, the group stage go through and arrive in the semi-finals.”
“It’s nice to be in the process. Always I had the feeling in Barcelona and [at Bayern] Munich and now here, we arrived here [in the semi-finals] and I started to expect to be here.”
“For me, always I had the feeling right now we’ve been a few times in the that position, how nice it is, to be there with the best teams in the world and Europe.”
“Now we try to be ourselves and compete well. We’ll need two exceptional games to reach the final and hopefully we can do it.”
“It’s not necessary to say much much we respect Real Madrid, how good they are. That’s all. It’s an honour.”
“We want to get to the final and win the final, like Madrid, like Villarreal and like Liverpool. At the same time, I’ll never underestimate what we’ve done in being here. Never ever.”
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