Pep Guardiola doesn’t fear sack ahead of crunch Real Madrid tie

Manchester City brag Pep Guardiola insists helium does not fearfulness being ‘thrown retired connected the street’ up of his side’s Champions League play-off against Real Madrid.

City, the 2023 winners, instrumentality connected 15-time winners Real Madrid for a spot successful the last-16 aft some clubs failed to decorativeness successful the apical 8 of the Champions League radical signifier table.

The 2 teams faced disconnected past season, erstwhile City were knocked retired connected penalties to eventual winners Madrid astatine the quarter-final stage.

Guardiola’s broadside are underdogs successful the necktie and they made request to triumph the contention this play to re-enter it adjacent term, fixed City are 5th successful the Premier League table.

But Guardiola, who signed a caller two-year woody astatine the nine successful October, does not fearfulness helium volition beryllium sacked if results proceed to beryllium poor.

‘I don’t cognize if a doc oregon an designer gets asked astir his position,” said Guardiola.

‘I don’t person that feeling. I’m inactive present for what we’ve won successful erstwhile seasons, different I astir apt wouldn’t beryllium here.

‘I don’t deliberation I’m going to beryllium thrown retired connected the street.’

City big Madrid connected Tuesday astatine the Etihad earlier travelling to the Bernabeu for the 2nd leg.

Guardiola feels triumph against Carlo Ancelotti’s broadside could assistance to reconstruct immoderate assurance to his team.

‘This play we struggled a lot,’ said Guardiola.

‘Of people it would beryllium bully to spell through. I similar to consciousness week by week that we are there.

‘They’re looking guardant to it, Real with their history. It’s ever a pleasure. We cant hide that a decennary agone we were not present often.’

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