After last night’s 1-1 draw, Pep Guardiola has revealed he has a plan for how his Manchester City squad can defeat Real Madrid in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final.
Erling Haaland, City’s standout striker, was mostly shut down by Real’s defense in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, as Guardiola watched Vinicius Jr. and Kevin De Bruyne trade long-range goals to leave the tie evenly matched going into the second leg on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium.
“I’d have liked to win but I had the feeling that I was not expecting to have a wide result,” Guardiola said to City’s official website.
“We expect to adjust a bit in the second leg. I have a bit of an idea on what we need to do.
“It will be a final playing at home with our people and we look forward to it. We know exactly what [Real] have done. Maybe they will adjust something, maybe not.
“We have to see if we can defend a little bit better in some departments and attack because [David] Alaba and [Antonio] Rudiger were so close to Erling.
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The spaces were occupied by [Federico] Valverde and [Toni] Kroos, it was not easy to find spaces for Erling.
“But we will try to adjust something maybe in the second leg to be more fluid and play with a bit more rhythm because we play at home and at home we feel comfortable with our people.
“We are going to try,” Guardiola concluded.
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