Pep Guardiola says that Manchester City has a “chance of one percent” to overthrow his 3-2 deficit against Real Madrid and to go to the last 16 of the Champions League.
City led 2-1 late at the Etihad stadium last week, but the goals of Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham saw the European champions turn to claim an advantage before the second floor of their KO phase from the series At Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday evening.
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Even the best version of Guardiola’s City would find it difficult to pass, regardless of the 2024-25 side which was disappointed for a large part of the season.
Guardiola said: “The margin to win in Bernabéu in this position [3-2 down]Everyone knows that if you ask before the match, the percentage to pass, I don’t know, we come to one percent, or I don’t know what.
“It will be minimal, but as much as you have a chance, we will try, that’s for sure, you know?” Luck is minor because the result was not good – five minutes ago, with 2-1, it would be different.
“But with 2-3, luck is less, but as much as you have a chance, we will take it, and we will see what will happen.”
We were miles – PEP
City will go, at least, in Spain in the back of a victory in moral stimulation after having beat its hopes of the Premier League Top Four of Newcastle 4-0 on Saturday.
But Guardiola accepts that it was a bad season according to their high standards.
“There are a lot of games that we have not played at the level we play, and in the end, we have lost it,” said Guardiola.
“And it was not only the three points, this is how it affects our minds for the next match.
“It happened several times. This season, the reality is that we have been kilometers, miles away. »»
