Champions League: Manchester City not resting easy despite thrashing Bayern Munich, says Pep Guardiola
- City appear in total control in second-half dismantling of Bayern, as they take big step toward first Champions League tile
- ‘It was not comfortable at all, emotionally I’m destroyed. I [aged] 10 more years today,’ Guardiola says, however
Manchester City appeared in total control in a surgical second-half dismantling of Bayern Munich on Tuesday but Pep Guardiola looked aghast when a reporter asked if it was the most comfortable he and his team have felt this season.
“It was not comfortable at all, emotionally I’m destroyed,” he said, prompting laughter. “I [aged] 10 more years today.”
Nevertheless, City took a huge step towards a first Champions League title with a 3-0 victory over the visiting German powerhouse in the first leg of the quarterfinals.
Scoring machine Erling Haaland netted his 45th goal of the campaign, a single-season record for a Premier League player, in his maiden campaign. Rodri, with a highlight-reel strike, and Bernardo Silva also scored, taking City’s extraordinary goal differential to 34-3 in their last nine games.
Still, Guardiola said there would be no resting easy until they have faced his former team at Allianz Arena next Wednesday.
“To knock out these teams you have to have two good games, not one,” the Spaniard said.
