Sergio Aguero claimed helium would chopped disconnected his testicles if Real Madrid bushed Manchester City, portion helium besides mislaid a large chunk of currency connected the game.
There was large play successful the archetypal limb of the Champions League knockout play-off betwixt the 2 heavyweights connected Tuesday nighttime astatine the Etihad.
City doubly took the pb done Erling Haaland, either broadside of a Kylian Mbappe extremity and looked successful a beardown presumption with 10 minutes to play, 2-1 ahead.
However, Brahim Diaz equalised and past Jude Bellingham scored an wounded clip victor to springiness Real Madrid a 3-2 vantage going into the 2nd limb successful Spain.
Clearly the necktie is not implicit but Carlo Ancelotti’s broadside are successful a precise bully presumption aft the travel to Manchester.
City fable Aguero was remarkably assured astir the crippled beforehand, contempt his erstwhile club’s below-par signifier this play and Real sitting apical of La Liga.
Appearing connected the Som I Serem FCB Podcast, the Argentinian said: ‘Real Madrid cannot bushed Man City. If they bushed City, I volition chopped disconnected my testicles!’
It was rather the assertion from the 36-year-old, and portion nary 1 is expecting him to really instrumentality a leaf to his scrotum, helium was deed successful the pouch by City’s loss.
Aguero posted a screenshot of a $10,000 stake connected a amazingly circumstantial result successful the game.
He seemed precise definite that determination would beryllium 2 goals successful the archetypal fractional of the contest, which determination weren’t, truthful helium mislaid a hefty magnitude connected that hunch.
The decision was different singular lawsuit successful City’s unpredictable play which has seen them dramatically autumn from the standards acceptable implicit the past fewer years.
Guardiola was not looking to blasted anyone for the latest defeat, but admitted his squad has mislaid stability.
‘It belongs to each of us, not the players,’ helium said. ‘I don’t person a occupation to judge that it doesn’t enactment similar it did successful the past.
‘For me, it would beryllium casual to blasted a circumstantial subordinate but that is ridiculous and doesn’t work. Me the archetypal and the players arsenic well. They privation it – however they run, however they bash it – but the information is that we are not unchangeable capable successful those moments.
‘Today is not an exception, it happened galore times. Today is what it is, time you person to proceed and person caller legs and caller minds.
‘I’ve been present for galore years and we’ve been an bonzer team, a instrumentality each 3 days. This year, I judge erstwhile the hostile is amended but astatine the infinitesimal I’m not bully capable to springiness composure to the squad to negociate these situations.
‘I can’t beryllium aggravated with my squad due to the fact that we cognize the squad we’re facing. The question is sometimes erstwhile you’re playing astatine this level and you person that bully effect truthful close, to fto it gaffe retired of your hands is much hard to accept.
‘I deliberation a batch of them and deliberation astir however they suffered but we are not capable to adjacent and beryllium coagulated successful determination making to beryllium better.’
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