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Soccer News of Thursday, 27 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Guardiola reveals why Manchester City beat Real Madrid

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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has expressed delight at his side's 2-1 win against Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League tie at the Bernabeu in Spain.

City came from behind to win the game which saw Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero on the bench and replaced by Gabriel Jesus and Kevin Debryune.

“I’m happy for the victory of course but for the performance as well,” Guardiola told reporters after the game.

“We tried to play against this team in quite a good personality. They started really well and for the first 10-15 minutes, we could not take the ball.

“We were not able to make the sequences of 10-15 passes in a row. After 15 minutes, we played really good.

“When we were playing better we concede a goal which we should not concede at this level but sometimes we do these kind of things.

“When Madrid were playing better we scored a goal and after that found our rhythm and we scored a second one.”

Guardiola, however, expressed fears that Real Madrid can turn things around and win the tie due to their rich history of comebacks.

“If there’s one team in the world that can overcome everything, it is this club for its experience, its history.

“I’m pretty sure Zidane and his people are going to look at what we have done and the second game will be different, we’ll have to be cautious and be alert to what he’s trying to do, adapt quickly and try to go there to win the game.”