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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Manchester City 2-3 Real Madrid: Champions League playoff round, first leg – as it happened

Jude Bellingham scores the winner.
Jude Bellingham scores the winner. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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Pep Guardiola's verdict

It’s happened many times this season [giving up a lead]. I know the quality of Real Madrid. They started really well, first 10 minutes, and then we took the game. In the second half we gave away what we had.

[Is the problem psychological?] Just bad decisions, that’s all.

Everyone has to take accountability – I take it. It’s not about you and me, it’s everyone.

It’s tough, but we will recover. We have Newcastle and then we go to the Bernabeu. We know what we have to do; we’ll go there to score goals.

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