Guardiola: "We have to improve if we want to have options against Madrid"

The Manchester City hit rock bottom this past Saturday after falling in the semifinals of the FA Cup in front of the Arsenal. Mikel Arteta, trainer of the 'gunners' and ex assistant of Pep Guardiola in the Etihad, traced a perfect plan to surpass to his mentor by 2-0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the hangman of the 'cityzens' with a big doublet that could not trace back the group 'skyblue'. After the meeting, Pep did not doubt in criticising the game of his in a day in which it could not fail.

"We did not do a good performance, were not to the height. We do not go out the sufficiently ready, and if to this level no these prepared, punish you", commented the one of Santpedor to begin. The City was confused during all the first time by the pressure planned by Arteta and went to the rest without kicking to door and losing 1-0. After the rest improved in attack, but left a lot of gaps backwards and at the end the 'gunners' took advantage of it to sentence.

The Catalan trainer has clear that the reason by which lost was precisely this first part that threw to the rubbish. "The only reproach that have is that we do not play the first 45 minutes as we did it after the rest. This is the reason whereby lost", ensured. In the seconds 45 minutes, the ones of Guardiola had occasions for empatar, but forgave and sinned of fault of forcefulness, something that has happened them more than once.

In spite of this fault of puntería to the hour to define, the ex of the FC Barcelona thinks that can not reproach them at all to his futbolitas in this sense. "The errors of face to door are part of the football, can happen. They were not the reason whereby lost", said. In spite of everything, the Catalan yes has clear that playing as they played in the first part do not go to have at all that do in the Champions League against the Real Madrid.

The 'cityzens' will play the pass to the 'final to eight' of Lisbon in front of the madridistas with an advantage of 1-2 by the result of the gone. Nevertheless, Pep thinks that if they repeat these first 45 minutes in the crash in front of the whites, will not have possibilities to play the chambers. "it is costing Us Play to our level and know it. It does not be necessary to be a genius to darse that we will have to go up the level against the Madrid if we want to have some option", aimed.

The Madrid trusts the traced back in Manchester

Besides, it is necessary to take into account that the madridistas go to arrive to this meeting with LaLiga in the pocket and with the level anímico by the clouds after this triumph. The ones of Zinedine Zidane think that can give him the turn to the eliminatory and after this fiasco of the ones of Manchester in the FA Cup trust even more in his possibilities. On 7 August it will see if the City attains to hold the result or if the merengues achieve another traced back to dream with the Champions.