Guardiola: ‘I broke down emotionally, I’ve grown up for 10 years’

Manchester City swept Bayern to an impressive 3-0 win at the Etihad, with goals from Rodri, Silva and Haaland giving them a huge advantage to reach the Champions League semi-finals ahead of the second leg in Munich.

The “Bürger” sealed the victory after the 70th minute of the game, when the other two goals were scored Pep Guardiola na explains after the game that the stress was so great that it grew by 10 years.

“It wasn’t comfortable, emotionally I broke down. I grew up 10 years. It was a very demanding game.

I know exactly what we have to do in Munich. If you don’t play very well, they can score one, two, three goals. I know that, as do the players.

It’s an unbelievable result but we have to play our game and show our personality in the second leg as well.

It was a tight game up until the ’60s. Sometimes they were better than us. There are teams that won and had fewer chances than Bayern.

You have to play two really good games to eliminate these teams, just one isn’t enough.” said the Spanish coach, who at the time idolized Bernardo Silva:

“He’s one of the best players I’ve ever coached in my life.”