Manchester City presses the knockout in the Champions League, to face Real Madrid or Bayern Munich

Pep Guardiola said he could not see Manchester City wins in the Champions League in the current form, but he believes that his team will be better when they face Real Madrid or Bayern Munich next month. The city needed a fight in the second half of 1-0 to the bottom to overcome the Bruges Club 3-1 on Wednesday to avoid collapse before the knockout stages for the first time since 2012. Or the former Bayern club in Guardiola.

City was also a decrease in the Premier League this season, sitting fourth – 12 points behind the leaders Liverpool.

But Guardiola hopes that they will be strengthened by the return of the main players from the new injury and signatures, Omar Marmoush, Abdokuder Josenov and Vitor Reese in the coming weeks.

“I am very realistic,” Guardiola said when asked if the 2023 champion could win the competition.

“Madrid has returned in terms of results, Bayern has played an incredible season yet with (coach). If we have to play tomorrow, it will be difficult but within two weeks we do not know.

“We will prepare well, be fit and try it and see what is happening.”

Despite their struggles, City won six and painted one of the last eight games.

Guardiola added: “Recently, we get results,” Guardiola added. “We are fourth in the Premier League, not in the title race, there is no way, but we are still there.

“The FA Cup, we are there. Sometimes it is impossible today but tomorrow’s mental, feelings change and I am completely sure that we will try to create problems for Madrid or Bayern.”

City’s tight escape played a major role on the first season of the first season of the new Swiss style coordination in the Champions League.

Guardiola said he could appreciate the change that made the early stages of competition more attractive to the masses, even if it causes more tension.

It is believed that other big clubs will face similar conflicts in the future.

“As a spectator, the number of things (still to be determined) is nice. The problem is that we play more games in October, November, December, and in the future the important teams will live what we lived in this season.

“We were about to go out.

“I congratulate the team because they are still proud and we will see how we got within two weeks.”

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