Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaking to Amazon Prime: “It’s difficult once you are 4-0 down and playing 10 men against 11. But we did everything.”
On what the feeling is about the team's performance: “We have an extraordinary team and an extraordinary group of players. The future is bright.
"It's a little bit of a learning. But it should have been 11 against 11. But we never know. Maybe we lose 6-0, but it's a fact.
"[Thibaut] Courtois is a fantastic keeper. First 15-20 minutes was good, but after that it was 10 against 11 and it was difficult. In the end, Courtois was the best player on the pitch, so that means how good we were. The feeling is that give me the chance to play 11 against 11."
On Bernardo Silva's red card: “Reaction. Instinct. It’s a big punishment – penalty and red card.”
Manchester City's Jeremy Doku, speaking to Amazon Prime: “I feel like we had a lot of chances. We played well, even with ten against 11, especially against a team like Real Madrid. It’s going to be difficult, but we did well.
"We're disappointed with the loss, but it's a hard reality. When you experience the games, it doesn't feel like they were much better than us, even though it looks it from the scoreline.
"It's a different Real Madrid [compared to the league phase], but every game is different. The first leg score made them play a bit more defensively, they didn't need to score. They've always had a great team, we know their quality. I feel like we did well today.
"This campaign will teach us some lessons, we will learn a lot for the future ones. We will analyse the game and see what we can do better and then look forward to Sunday."
On Bernardo Silva: “He’s our captain, he’s the most disappointed of all us. It’s not his fault, he tried to defend, we are not angry at it, he’s just unlucky.”
Did you know?
- Since winning the competition in 2022-23, Manchester City have gone past the round of 16 stage only once in three seasons since, reaching the quarter-finals in 2023-24.
- Bernardo Silva's red card for Manchester City is the first of his top-flight club career, on what is his 598th appearance (448 for Manchester City, 147 for Monaco, 3 for Benfica).
