Guardiola: “It doesn't take a genius to know that we have to improve against Madrid”

Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, assured, after the elimination in the FA Cup at the hands of Arsenal, that they did not play well and that they are also “human”.

The Manchester side were defending last year's title against Watford, but this time they lost 2-0 to Arsenal in the semifinals.

“We have not played well, we were not sufficiently prepared. We are human too. The rival played well and sometimes this happens”, Guardiola said after the match.

“The only thing I regret is that we did not play in the first part as we did in the second”added the Spanish coach, who saw his team fall to two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. “We know the level that is necessary in these phases of competition. Perhaps with this we understand it. In the first part we were not well and we suffered to play at our level. It doesn't take a genius to know that we have to improve against Real Madrid. “

“We have time (to fix things before Real Madrid). We can do it, we changed something and we did it. Mentally we have to be more aggressive and go further,” he said.

City now have only two games left before facing Real Madrid on the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.