Pep Guardiola says Ederson's injury 'doesn't look good' as Manchester City prepare for their final four games of the Premier League season.
Pep Guardiola comes out fighting as Man City prepare for Real Madrid
09.04.2024 - 05:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City have to try and hurt Real Madrid at the Bernabeu if they are to beat them again in the Champions League.
The Blues rode their luck here last year with a determined performance that saw the scores level at the halfway point, before City blew them away at the Etihad in the second leg to progress to the final and win the competition for the first time in the club's history. Having the decisive leg in Manchester is seen as an advantage for City, although Guardiola knows only too well that it will count for nothing if they do not play well enough in Madrid.
With a number of injuries and both teams set up slightly differently to last season, City's coach expects a more even contest across two legs than they managed to achieve last year. If they are to survive the Bernabeu and take something back to their own fortress, Guardiola does not think they will be able to do it by defending for 90 minutes.
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"We have a little advantage with the second leg at home where we play strong and confident but we have to play 90 minutes here and the games are long for different reasons," he said. "They will be able to press high, so aggressive. If you can do a good process, they will drop.
"But everybody knows the strengths from transitions they have with Rodrygo, [Jude], Bellingham, [Federico] Valverde, Vinicius. We cannot come here just to control the game, we have to come her to try to hurt them, to punish them, to let them know we are here to score the goals.
"We are talking about Real Madrid, the ability to control many aspects of the game. We have
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