Pep Guardiola believes that Real Madrid will score in the Champions League second leg at the Etihad next week and that Manchester City won’t replicate their incredible 4-0 annihilation of Carlo Ancelotti’s team from the previous season.
The first leg of the sides’ quarterfinal Champions League match ended in a thrilling 3-3 tie on Tuesday, setting up the return game in Manchester. After drawing the first meeting in Spain, City finds itself in a similar situation as they were in the previous season—they must win at the Etihad in order to advance.
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One of Madrid’s most thorough losses in history occurred in that 4-0 thumping in May 2023, when City dominated every facet of the game and kept Los Blancos from earning enough opportunities of their own.
Guardiola, meanwhile, isn’t anticipating the match to be as lopsided this time around because of Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo’s strong assault, which resulted in 14 shots at the Bernabeu on Tuesday. Before the second leg, the former Barcelona player made the foretelling prediction, “They will score one goal, that’s for sure.”
He told TNT Sports, “We have to win the game and it won’t be like last season, but we have our people and our people are there.” “We need all of them and the energy to defeat the competition’s monarch, and it will be sold out. We’ll go for it with our people in Manchester.
“It was a nice game,” was Guardiola’s post-match verdict. “We started really but it’s so difficult against Madrid because they defend really well and the pace they have up front is unbelievable. Always you concede transitions against that team, it is impossible to control it.
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