Manchester City football coach Pep Guardiola assessed tonight that his team played a quality game against Red Star at the start of the Champions League, but that his team must work on the realization, given the large number of missed opportunities. ;”We had 22 shots in the first half, which means we played very well. However, the lack of goals after so many shots must be the responsibility of the offensive players. If we had scored two goals in the early stages, all this would have been completely different,” he said. is Guardiola, as reported by the BBC.
Manchester City defeated Red Star tonight 3:1, in the first round of Group G of the Champions League.
“We didn’t manage to score even though we created chances, but we stayed consistent with our game plan and in the end we won,” said Guardiola.
Asked what he told the players at halftime, Guardiola said to continue playing at the same rhythm.
“I said to them, ‘Guys, we can’t say we’re playing badly, forget the score, keep playing the same, we can come back, just be extra calm’. We managed to do that,” said Guardiola, reports Beta.
