Spanish coach Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, expressed his sadness over the loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League, indicating that the loss was caused by bad decisions by the players.
Real Madrid achieved an exciting victory over Manchester City, with a score of (3-2) in the first leg of the play-off qualifying for the round of 16 in the Champions League.
"The loss? It happened more than once this season, it's just bad decisions, nothing more," Guardiola said in statements after the match. He added: "Real Madrid is an exceptional team, but what happened to us more than once this season." He explained: "Akanji and Grealish came out with muscle injuries, maybe they can't play the second leg." The Manchester City coach added: "Of course we are in a difficult situation and closer to elimination, but we will recover, we will go to the Bernabeu knowing what we have to do, we will think about the match and play to score goals." He continued: "It's up to everyone, not just the players, it's ridiculous to blame one player, the truth is that we are not stable enough." He continued: "I can't be angry with my team because we know the team we are facing, sometimes when you play at this level and you are about to achieve a good result, it is more difficult to waste a result that was in your hands." Guardiola concluded: "I said a few months ago that I am not good enough to give the team focus and calm and understand and manage these types of situations."