Or was City just unfortunate to be on the wrong side of another crazy Champions League night?įile away this extraordinary 6-5 loss on aggregate to Madrid along with the equally wild last-16 exit to Monaco in Guardiola’s first season at City, the quarterfinal eliminations at the hands of Liverpool, Tottenham and Lyon from 2018-20, and the meek loss to Chelsea in the 2021 final. Is it on Guardiola that City’s players froze inside the Santiago Bernabéu, conceding two goals in barely 90 seconds to be dragged into extra time? And still hasn’t.Īfter all, City was ahead on aggregate against Real Madrid in the semifinals from the second minute of the first leg to the 90th minute of the second leg. Guardiola was doing it again late Wednesday as he witnessed the latest collapse of his team in a competition he was brought in six years ago to win. That one of him leaning back, knees bent, hands covering his face in anguish. It’s an image that has come to define Pep Guardiola on his biggest nights in the Champions League with Manchester City.
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