'Now it's like a PLAY-OFF! A FINAL!' | Pep Guardiola | Real Madrid 1-1 Man City  [ENG/ESP]

Good evening everyone I hope you're all doing well The same process as yesterday we'll take questions from the English media first and then from the Spanish media if we could start somewhere please How proud are you of your players the way they fought back in the second half and their overall performance A really tight game congratulations to the team of course because this scenario this competition against this team is always so difficult For the history but especially for the quality they have we start the game really well and when were better and they made an incredible transition for Camalinga and an incredible finishing for Vinicius and when they were better than us in the second half we He scored a goal so it was a tight game he's open to Manchester like it will be a final Playing at home with our people and looking forward to it Kevin De Bruyne obviously got the goal to get you back in it his overall performance was outstanding Remarkable he was even running right until the 89th minute to try and set up Berling How impressed were you with his performance his work ethic and his relentless desire to keep going He knows how important he is to us and he delivered an incredible performance and For many reasons and we are happy for him so in this type of game in this competition In this type of games the semi-finals or finals you need two top players and Ederson was exceptional Kyle Walker was exceptional against one of the toughest opponents you can face today The world and in general everyone was really good Given the amount of possession you had in the first half and control in the game is there any frustration that you weren't able to get in behind Real as much as you would normally do It's football this team defines how good it is because when they are better they create a lot of chances and when they the opponent for some part of the game In the first minutes were better so they had the ability to score a goal So we knew it was always Real Madrid so it didn't surprise us a lot but yeah were there and we found the goal and Madrid was playing better at that moment though it's football but we defend the box really well in general and the effort was incredible and yeah now it's like a playoff so now we know exactly what they have done maybe they were Just something maybe not I don't know We have to see how we can defend a little better In some departments and especially if we can attack a little bit you know because Alaba and and Rudiger were so close to Erling you know in the spaces between the central defenders The full backs were occupied by Valverde and Toni Kroos making it difficult to find space For Erling but we try to adjust something maybe in the second leg to be more fluid and play with a little bit more rhythm and because we play at home and at home we feel comfortable We are going to try and it's a question of which team is going to win the game and get the final Do you think a victory next week a statement win against a team like Real Madrid can set you up nicely for the remaining important games as you compete in all three competitions Now it's time to recover we play on Sunday the Premier League is great we have one more day But for the Champions League it's not good Now recover come back to Manchester tomorrow and prepare the game in Goodison Park one game at a time Good evening Mr Guardiola you already asked about Rudiger and Alaba in defense I would I'd like to ask about the goal maybe you got there because of the most vulnerable part of Kroos I don't know if that's something you wanted to exploit or maybe Kroos in that defensive position It is not as strong as a pure pivot I know that Toni makes us defend more than we wanted Probably without Toni the defensive pivot would be less Hello Pep Anton Meana says that he lives for Cadena I know the match just ended and you didn' Have time to analyze but I don't know if 1-1 at Bernabéu do you think in the second leg Real Madrid would be more dangerous to play against in a counter- attack like Vinicius likes would that make preparation more difficult Well I'd rather have a 1-1 than a 3-0 for Real Madrid obviously I would have liked to win but I I had a feeling that I wasn't expecting that to have a wide impact not on the list I was Expecting to play the match as we often did and in other moments I gave it the value not because it was bad but because it's the match and there was an associative ability that Real has Madrid showed that I hadn't seen in a while bringing all of you together one side Move to the other side it was difficult to counter-attack that we'll see we'll watch the We matched and we'll try because in the first half it was good in the sense that you get to the Bernabéu The first leg was good but it didn't have the meaning of being very aggressive in the end minute to score so we expect to adjust a bit on the second leg I have a bit of an idea on wha We need to do it but I have to watch the match and especially I need to adjust that when they manage To get out to be a bit more not to have them Vinicius can take us because it's kind of impossible because he has an amazing ability right left and he goes all the way there but let's see if it's Not by passing the ball but we'll watch the match and see what happens Do you have the feeling That you have a better result than the play you did I'm really happy with the way we played and I'm really happy with the result as well I know which team we're playing against I know tha Perfectly I lived that with my own flesh and blood last year and every time I came here so I'm really Satisfied with the team for Mundial de Fondo You're saying that you're very happy with what the team did which is what you like most about the tactical challenge against Real Madrid Based on that what will give you the strength to improve and if in that adjustment at home maybe you can have more minutes for Julian Alvarez It could be It could be maybe Julian gets in there I'll have to watch the match I'll have a week seven or eight days to watch him and see how it goes but yeah it could be e beginning the end we'll see we have players who can change the pace with Julian and all this and So the match won't get complicated we have them but it's a long match first and second leg With a lot of things forward so I thought it was more for the midfielders and Bernardo and Jack had the ability a very associative ability of not losing the ball and with the three of them In the midfield that's the match I was thinking about Hello Pep Julian Bromero from El Mundo I don' ow if you have the feeling that in the last 10-15 minutes of the match the team I wouldn't say They took a step back from the verticality they had shown and maybe in some moments of the matc Maybe you were missing more direct play to Erling it could be it could be in the last few minutes But it's more of a merit for them than us maybe that's why there's some substitution to bring in fresh legs and the second question sorry if you missed some direct play to Hannam if there's a lot of Pressure and you can't do it then why take it to Hannam when you can have it in the short So against Jameson Mano and Mann so maybe in the end were missing but it wasn't easy William and Alvaro defended very well they are excellent defenders both quick and therefore It wasn't easy it's not easy to do that and Madrid defended quite well so it's not easy