Manchester City booked their place in a second-consecutive Champions League semi-final with a 1-0 aggregate win over Atletico Madrid in the quarter-final.
Koke fires back at Pep Guardiola after Man City beat Atletico as Stones plays down Liverpool clash
07.04.2022 - 00:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday, April 6.
Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke has responded to comments made by Pep Guardiola following Manchester City’s 1-0 win over his club in the first leg of their Champions league quarter-final tie. The Spanish side adopted a defensive demeanour throughout their visit to the Etihad and were only undone by a clever Kevin De Bruyne goal.
After the match, Guardiola said: “They (Atletico) have gone 5-5-0. Two lines of five. And in prehistory, today and in a hundred thousand years, attacking a 5-5 is very difficult. It is that there is no space.”
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Koke, was brought off on the hour, took exception to this assessment and took to Instagram to send out a message to Guardiola ahead of next week’s second leg.
Read what he wrote here.
Rodri has underlined that the City team know they must avoid complacency ahead of the return leg against Atletico in Spain. He admitted he would have liked a greater margin of advantage going to Metropolitano but said the side wouldn’t alter their playing style.
“We know this isn't over,” Rodri said. “We are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, we all know how difficult is to go through to the next step.
“We know the opponent we have in front, the way they play is so difficult. I wish we could have scored one more goal at least, but we go there with a small advantage.”
Read what else he said here.
City are in the middle of a potentially season-defining fortnight that sees them take on Liverpool twice. Sunday sees the two go head-to-head at the Etihad in the Premier League, where the winner will exit the weekend as league
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