Pep Guardiola admitted that Manchester City cannot be competitive if they continue to concede late goals as they did when surrendering an 86th-minute lead in Tuesday’s 3-2 home defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League playoff first leg.
City, who host Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday, now need to win by a single goal at the Bernabéu in next Wednesday’s return leg to force extra time.
During the game City fans unfurled a huge banner that featured Rodri and the Oasis lyrics: “Stop crying your heart out”.
“I saw it – I saw the banner, but whenever the opposing fans do things like that they give me more strength to have a great game and here I have done it,” said the forward.
This was to taunt Vinícius Júnior after Real Madrid boycotted October’s Ballon d’Or ceremony due to Rodri winning the honour not the Brazilian.
