Revealed, Guardiola’s reaction when The Cityzens were scheduled to meet Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola immediately reacted to the results of the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League which brought together his team, Manchester Citywith the Spanish giants, Real Madrid.

The Champions League knockout round draw once again brings Madrid together with The Cityzens.

These two top teams have met quite often in Europe – even in the last few seasons, and will fight again in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League next month.

How did Pep Guardiola react?

To the mass media today, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed his opinion on the results of the draw.

He was also asked whether the experience of facing the Madrid giants so often recently would help City to win and progress to the next phase.

“Yes, our club learns and develops by playing against the best teams in the history of this competition,” said Guardiola in response to this question.

City and Madrid last met in the league phase of the Champions League competition which was held at the start of this season, where Guardiola’s men won 2-1 in the match which took place at the Santiago Bernabeu.

However, when the two teams met in the knockout round of the playoffs last season, Real Madrid was the team that managed to beat The Cityzens in both legs, namely winning 3-2 away and 3-1 at home.

Has a brilliant record when his teams meet Madrid

Overall, the Spanish coach boasted of his team’s impressive record in their meetings with Real Madrid.

After guiding 28 Champions League matches against Los Merengues, Guardiola managed to record a brilliant record, namely 14 wins, six draws and eight losses – with the clubs he managed, namely Barcelona, ​​​​Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

Revealed ASGuardiola’s teams have scored 59 goals in those 28 matches, while Real Madrid have ‘only’ scored 44 goals.

So, City’s match against Madrid will certainly be a fierce meeting between two of Europe’s top teams in the last 16 phase of the Champions League this time.

If Real Madrid wins, then they will meet the winning team in the Atalanta vs Bayern Munich match in the Champions League quarter-finals.