Manchester City defeated Barcelona 3:1 – Guardiola states his former club the best team in the world – The coach praises Manchester City Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola declared the Citizens had beaten the best team in the world. Manchester City beat Barcelona 3 – 1 at the Etihad stadium. Lionel Messi opened the scoring after starting a counter attacking move from the front of his own box. City equalized through Ilkay Gundogan who was lurking at the back post to convert Sergio Aguero’s cutback. Kevin De Bruyne put City ahead via a beautiful freekick and man of the match Gundogan added a third late in the game.
And after the match Guardiola said: “Our performance 11 against 11 in Barcelona was much better than the first 38 minutes here. In the first 38 minutes we saw the best team in the world. We were in really big trouble. When Barcelona had the chance to score the second goal the game would have been finished.”
He continued:“But football is like this, like when Fernandinho slipped and Messi scored in Barcelona. Our goal changed the game. Our players realised the bad moment in the game was over.”
Guardiola said: “In the second half we were compact, we made good high pressing and won a lot of balls with our high pressing. Also we defended with low blocks and used our counter-attack against them.”
The coach concluded: “Considering our situation with the short time we’ve had together, against the best team in the world and our position in the group, our victory is so important. We have one more game to win to go into [the next round in] February and I hope in February we will be better. Gladbach’s draw [with Celtic] gives us a bit of breathing space.”
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