Manchester City will need a couple of days to come to terms with the fate that has just befallen them but they will rise again, Pep Guardiola insisted after Real Madrid stunned the Premier League champions to reach the Champions League final.
Guardiola admitted it was “tough” after his players had collapsed to the turf in tears having somehow missed out on a showdown against Liverpool as Real Madrid’s impossible, barely believable journey continued, Carlo Ancelotti admitting: “Something strange has happened.”