Guardiola: “We played in the wrong gear.. Haaland's winner reminds me of Cruyff ”

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola believes the hard-fought victory was similar to the last time City played Dortmund in the Champions League – with both legs of the quarter-final ending in 2-1 wins for the Blues. Guardiola told reporters about the match, saying: “We played in the wrong gear today. No aggression. We were passive. The moment we changed rhythm with Phil (Foden), Bernardo (Silva), and Julian (Alvarez), we changed our pace and scored two excellent goals,” he said. “It was quite similar two years ago in the quarter-final when Phil scored in the last few minutes,” he said. “We had a lot of problems getting a rhythm and were so passive in transition. “We struggled, we played in the wrong gear and we are who we are, we can win or lose, when we play the last 35 minutes we realized, okay we are 1-0 down and subs come on and gave us a new rhythm. "Yeah maybe the people who know me, maybe you know the influence Johan Cruyff had in my life as a person - education, manager and mentor and everything. Johan Cruyff, years ago, years ago, scored in the Camp Nou, an incredible goal against Atletico Madrid. It was quite, quite, quite similar to Erling Haaland's goal, and the moment he scored the goal, I thought 'oh Johan Cruyff.' It was quite similar; it was a really good one." Said, Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City, who won two consecutive group matches, kept the top spot in Group G (6 points), while Dortmund took second place (1 win and 1 loss). Manchester City returned to winning ways in the best possible way, by beating Sevilla 4-0 on Match Day one of the Champions League.