Pep Guardiola: This was not the worst defeat of my career
Manchester City's coach said that losing to Real Madrid was a much worse defeat than this, while Bayern Munich boss
Pep Guardiola says Wednesday’s 4-0 loss to Barcelona was not the worst defeat of his career.
A hat-trick from Lionel Messi and a Neymar goal condemned Guardiola to the joint worst defeat of his career as his Manchester City side made the mistakes which led to their Camp Nou destruction.
However, the former Barça coach said he’s had a worse night, naming the 4-0 drubbing to Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinal in 2014.
“No (not the worst defeat of my career), that was against Real Madrid in Bayern Munich because there I didn’t make the right decision,” he said.
“We are a new club we come here, we play, we arrive, we associate well, we create chances, I remember two or three chances.
“After that, the last minute was another minute with a good save from Claudio [Bravo from Luis Suarez].
“But we start second half well. After that 10 minutes, we play 10 against 11 with 2-0 down and it’s not easy.”
Guardiola referred to the dismissal of Bravo in the early stages of the second half as being the decisive moment in the game.
He added: “It’s difficult to play with 11 players, until [red card] game was open.
“Last time with Bayern [Munich in 2014] we didn’t create chances but today we did, we create chances to score one or two goals.
“But Barça can punish you, they have a lot of quality. We controlled, except the goal.
“Starting in Glasgow and White Hart Lane [mistakes have crept in], and we miss penalties, and we give a lot to the opponents. But it’s October, we lost a game, it’s not a final, we have another week.
“We have more games, we have to win two from three, we knew the group would be tough. Now rest for Southampton.”
