Pep Guardiola promised Manchester City will bounce back from their Champions League heartache at the Bernabeu Stadium. City were within moments of booking a return to the final on Wednesday night as they held a 1-0 lead – and a 5-3 aggregate advantage – over Real Madrid in an absorbing semi-final second leg.
Pep Guardiola said: “We need time now, one or two days, but we will rise. We have to do it (and) with our people (we will). The players gave everything. We were so close and we could not do it. There is a long history in sport of this kind of situation happening when you arrive at the end, 10 or 15 minutes left, and you are absolutely being dominated with the opponent creating a lot of problems. But that didn’t happen. Then they found it, and a minute later another one. With their people supporting it was difficult and after the penalty made the difference.”
