Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City's Champions League win against Bayern Munich has taken 10 years off him after the Bundesliga champions played their part in a thrilling encounter. The 3-0 scoreline looked comfortable in the end City turned in a display that sent out a statement to the rest of the Champions League, but Bayern had their opportunities in a high-quality game.
City will now head to Bavaria in control of the tie but with 20 minutes to go at the Etihad they led by just one goal, with Rodri scoring brilliantly in the first half.
Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland had goals in the closing stages to add some gloss to the scoreline, but Guardiola admitted it had been an exhausting night and he was an animated presence on the touchline throughout.
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"It was not comfortable. Emotionally I'm destroyed," said Guardiola. "I have 10 more years [on me] today. It was so demanding game.
"Now I have to relax, a day off for the guys, prepare for Leicester. I know exactly what you have to do there. If you don't perform really well they are able to score one, two, three. I know that. The players know that. It's an incredible result, but we have to do our game with huge, huge personality."
City's ability to shut Bayern out has helped to give them a significant advantage after the first leg, but Guardiola admitted the visitors could easily have got on the scoresheet.
"They had the chances to score goals," he said. "A corner, a header, we try to analyse many things when it’s little details. I had the feeling that other teams in the previous season had less chances than Bayern and scored goals."
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