Champions League: Man City have one last chance to avoid elimination – Guardiola

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Champions League: Man City have one last chance to avoid elimination – Guardiola

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has admitted they have “one last chance” to avoid a shock elimination from this season’s UEFA Champions League.

The Premier League champions lost 4-2 at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, despite racing into a two-goal lead.

The result means City, who won the trophy in 2023, face a humiliating early exit from the competition.

Guardiola’s men must now beat Club Brugge at the Etihad next Wednesday to reach the playoff round.

Anything other than three points at home will see City eliminated.

“We have a last chance against Brugge and if we don’t go through it’s because we don’t deserve it,” Guardiola told reporters.

“We have to recover against Chelsea in our next game and just move forward.

“Tonight, they [PSG] were better. Congratulate PSG and accept it. The law of football is like that — how intense and aggressive they were in key positions. You have to recover players and do it better.

“Their players suffered and they were better. They were better in the duels and we found our moment with 0-2 for the goal, but the first half they had two clear chances.”

This is the ninth time City are surrendering a winning position this season. And the defeat was their third successive away loss in the Champions League.