City overcome a disappointing first half, marked by the penalty failed by Erling Haaland, to win 2-1 and reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the seventh consecutive year, a record. This performance contrasts strongly with the defeat of City to Vitality Stadium on the same score in November, and the coach admitted that the attitude of his team had been lacking for a large part of the season.
“” If we compare to the November match, we arrived here with flip flops, we came for the holidays against a competitive team ”said Guardiola. “” Today, we were a team and we took up the challenge. In football, you have to run. It is not the tactic that counts, but what we missed this season is the heart, the soul and the desire that we have always had for many years. For me, as a coach, this is the most important thing to recover. Find the soul, this passion. »»
Pep Guardiola explains what was missing in City this season
Replacements Nico O'Reilly and Omar Marmoush allowed City to overthrow the situation, but players like Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gündogan contributed to an extremely dominant second period.
Guardiola added: ” The legendary players have further progressed and achieved an excellent performance. I am really happy to find Wembley for the seventh consecutive time. It's an incredible feat. “
Haaland was injured in the second period and replaced by Marmoush. Guardiola could not give information on the severity of his injury.
