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Read How Pellegrini Reacted To Ucl Results by spartanobad(m): 5:08pm On May 05, 2016 |
Manchester City head coach Manuel
Pellegrini has explained that Zidane’s side
were lucky to beat them in their Champions
League semi-final.
A Gareth Bale shot deflected off Fernando
in the 20th minute was all Real Madrid
needed to dump Man City out of this
season’s Champions League. Real Madrid
will come up against Atletico Madrid in a
repeat of the 2014 final, where a 4-1 extra-
time win saw Blancos secure a record 10th
European crown.
Pellegrini admits the defeat feels like a
missed opportunity but insists Madrid were
no better than his side.
“Of course if you don’t reach the final you
miss an opportunity,” he started. “We
played against a very strong team that
wasn’t better than us. You need a little bit
of luck but that wasn’t the reason we
couldn’t win the game. Tonight and the
game we played at the Etihad we saw very
equal teams. I don’t think Real Madrid
demonstrated tonight that they are better
than Manchester City.” The coach continued: “We tried to create but we couldn’t. Both teams couldn’t create. It was similar in the first leg. We didn’t deserve to lose this game, the goal was very lucky, a deflection into the top corner. “Missing David Silva, Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure coming from an injury, we didn’t have creative players to make a difference. There are no regrets, we worked very well for 90 minutes. That’s why Real Madrid couldn’t create any chances. But we needed to create in the final third and today we couldn’t.” Pellegrini now has just two EPL games and he is keen to finish the campaign on a high. “It’s a special season because we have reached the semi-final. I don’t think that we deserved to reach the final but it was a bit of luck that Real will play in the final. “Of course it would have been a very important achievement to play that final. It was very important for me to try to reach that final but we did what we could and now we must try to finish well.” Manchester City face Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday May 8. |
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