
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City could reach the Champions League final by playing badly as he argued the unpredictability of football makes their semi-final against Real Madrid hard to call.
City take a 4-3 lead to the Bernabeu after a first leg where City excelled in attack and could have scored more goals but Guardiola, who lost five Champions League semi-finals in his time in charge of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, is conscious such occasions are not always logical.