Pep Guardiola struggled to contain his frustrations after Manchester City’s elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid, insisting his side had actually been the better team across two legs.
Trailing 3–0 from the first leg, City failed to pull off a miracle as they fell to another 2–1 defeat on Tuesday and were knocked out by Madrid for the fourth time in the last five seasons. It was put to Guardiola after the game that facing Los Blancos had been the biggest challenge of his career, but he was in no mood to dish out such praise.
