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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City had to “swallow the poison” of last year’s semi-final defeat to Real Madrid and use that as inspiration to defeat the holders and book a place in the Istanbul final against Internazionale next month.
Guardiola’s men crushed Madrid with a 4-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night to win 5-1 on aggregate via two goals from Bernardo Silva, another from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez.
Guardiola on City recovering from heartbreak
Last season, City led Real 5-3 on aggregate going into the 89th minute before two Rodrygo goals forced extra time. Karim Benzema then scored a penalty to take Real through and cause City heartbreak.
“We had to swallow the poison,” said Guardiola. “All the pain we had in one year, for one season, was there today.
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I have a feeling that for one year we had a fear in our stomach about what happened last season but today we went out with everything we had.
“Last season was so painful and people say it was a lack of character from the players but one year later we show just how special these players are.”
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