Head coach of Manchester City Jose Guardiola summarized the results of the match of the 7th round of the Champions League against PSG.
Am I angry? No. They were better.
They had better intensity to win the duels. We found moments to score two goals and take the lead with a score of 0:2. When they had the ball they crushed us, but when we had the ball we caused them problems.
With the scores 0:2 and 1:2 we couldn’t play. To defend, you have to have the ball. They were better. They had an extra man in the middle with a false nine, so it was difficult.
They were better and we have to accept that. We have one last chance at home against Club Brugge and we will do our best. Otherwise, it’s because we don’t deserve it.
We had some difficult away games, but the games against Inter and Feyenoord put us in this position.
It’s not that we can’t qualify, it’s that afterwards we have to recover the players and be more efficient. They were stronger and we have to accept that.
Ruben (Diash) wasn’t feeling very well. He asked to be replaced. I don’t think he’ll have long to recover, but he wasn’t fit and said he wouldn’t be able to play in the second half.
They had one more player in midfield and we still expected them to have the ball, but they were more aggressive in pressing.
We couldn’t do what we should have done. Communication with Bernardo (Silva) and Kovacevic was either impossible or not good enough. After that, we couldn’t get the process in place and in terms of transitions, we couldn’t manage them.
They are faster. We had to defend with possession and that’s impossible if you don’t play.
Former head coach PSG Luis Enrique summarized the results of this match.
