“But the reality, we have been really, really poor in performance in the results this season, and just for one game, that today, played really good, and it's not going to change the opinion, the reality, the team, it is right now, and we are still not good in terms of day by day.
“But of course, it's better to travel to Madrid with this result than imagining defeat in the last minutes, so at the end, okay, the chance is, minor, because the result was not good, five minutes ago, with 2-1, it will be different, but with 2-3, the chances is, but as much as you have a chance, we are going to take it, and we'll see what happens.”.
John Stones, who began the first leg in midfield, could drop into defence but Guardiola needs to find someone to play right-back, where Akanji started and Rico Lewis finished in Real’s 3-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola believes City will only be given a one per cent chance of going through to the last 16 after losing at 3-2 at home and knows he will be without Manuel Akanji for up to 10 weeks with a thigh injury.
Guardiola was heartened by City’s display in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Newcastle and thinks if they had played that well all season, they would not have been in such a low position in the Champions League group.
