Manchester City chief, Guardiola, fights to explain the late collapse vs Real Madrid

The Manchester City head, Pep Guardiola, lost by words while fighting to explain how his team had another late collapse this season in the form of his 2-3 defeat against Real Madrid in the Ronda of the Champions League of 16 16 Classification on Tuesday, February 11. Apparently they were in cruise control in the 80th minute when an Erling Haaland orthopedic device had them in the lead at the Etihad stadium.

However, the goal of former city player Brahim Díaz and the winner of Jude Bellingham’s arrest time assured that whites stole the victory at the end. This is not the first time this season in which City has allowed an advantage at home. City dropped a 3-0 advantage against Feyenoord in the Champions League, while Manchester United could get a victory in the Derby during the detention time. Speaking to journalists, as mentioned by Reuters, Guardiola said his team could not keep the result at the end.

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“We arrived at the last minute with a result and we couldn’t keep it,” Guardiola told a press conference.

“After 2-1, many games have happened, against Feyenoord in the Champions League (City led 3-0 in the 74th minute, but they remained in a 3-3 draw), against Brentford in the Premier League, against the Manchester United, many games in the end, “added.

“Unfortunately it has happened so many times, it is difficult.”

‘Kagro belongs to everyone’

Guardiola said that the fault of the loss belongs to all and not only to the players. The city head admitted that his side is not stable enough during crucial moments at this time.

“It belongs to all of us, not only to the players.”

“I have no problem to accept. To blame a specific player, that is ridiculous. We are all of us, first. And, of course, the players too,” he said.

“They want it, how they run, how they do it, but the truth is that we are not stable enough at that time (crucial).”

City will now travel to Madrid on February 19 with the hope of staying alive in the tournament.