Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said his side have just a one percent chance of progress to the Champions League last 16 against Real Madrid on Wednesday but the English
Once the dashing star of the Champions League show, this is now a team whose response to every opposition attack is little more than an "uh oh, Spaghetti-o." The City team you thought you knew is gone.
The crowd broke out the "oles" by the 70th minute as Real Madrid crushed Manchester City 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. It wasn't a close affair with Real Madrid coasting past Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate.
The crowd broke out the "oles" by the 70th minute as Real Madrid crushed Manchester City 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. It wasn't a close affair with Real Madrid coasting past Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate.
Pep Guardiola has hinted he has little sympathy for Jude Bellingham and Real Madrid after the midfielder's LaLiga sending off for swearing, claiming that referees should be "left in peace." Bellingham scored the winning goal in Madrid's 3-2 win against Manchester City in last week's Champions League playoff tie at the Etihad Stadium and is set to face Guardiola's side in Wednesday's second leg following days of controversy over his dismissal against Osasuna on Saturday.
Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti, right, talks to Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola before the start of the Champions League playoff first leg soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester,
Coach Carlo Ancelotti is not buying Manchester City rival Pep Guardiola's suggestion that his own side has only a 1% chance of eliminating Real Madrid in the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday. Madrid rallied late to win the first leg 3-2 last week in England to seize control ahead of its home match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Pep Guardiola looks ahead to Manchester City's trip to face Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund’s routine elimination of Sporting Lisbon was a tame warmup for the Real Madrid-Manchester City showdown in the Champions League playoffs round Wednesday