‘They were just lucky yesterday, some of my best player’s where out cause of injury’ – Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola takes shot at Real Madrid’s manager Ancelotti after Real Madrid Vs Manchester City champions league draw yesterday

Pep Guardiola, the boss of Manchester City, kept up his tense relationship with the media after their Tuesday night tie with Real Madrid.

There were plans to close the roof of the Santiago Bernabeu to cut down on the noise, but Guardiola thought that Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, could have worked on other changes instead.

I asked Guardiola before the game if his players would try to get Vinicius Junior a yellow card, which would mean he would miss the second half because of suspension. The idea didn’t sit well with Guardiola.

When asked about the roof again after the game, Guardiola changed the subject to the quality of the pitch. He said he liked the open sky better, but he did say that the stadium was amazing.

But he wanted the pitch to be better and stressed how important it was to have a good playing field.

Rodri Hernandez agreed with Guardiola that the pitch’s bad state had an effect on Manchester City, but he made it clear that it wasn’t an excuse for how they played.

Reports also said that the Real Madrid team was also unhappy with the state of the field. This has been a problem at the Bernabeu for a long time, and the renovations going on around the stadium have made it worse.

When Guardiola was in charge of Barcelona, it was common to think that Real Madrid kept the grass longer and added less water on purpose to slow down the ball’s movement.

This strategy made Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez angry, and it was clear that Guardiola thought the field conditions on Tuesday were poor again.