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Pep Guardiola pointed to four critical moments in which Manchester United fell out of the Champions League at RB Leipzig this week.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team only needed one point from their last two games to secure a place in the competition’s knockout round, but were beaten at home by last year’s finalist Paris Saint-Germain before the semi-finalists Previous Leipzig dealt the decisive blow, with the help of the city borrower Angelino.
In contrast to United’s difficult week, with their defeat followed by explosive comments from Paul Pogba’s agent suggesting that it was time for the player to leave the club, City have been serene by comfortably passing Marseille to add more sparkle. to a Champions. League Group in which the first place had already been confirmed.
Guardiola has long insisted that the margin of error is greater in a tournament full of teams used to winning every week. The City boss knows from painful experience how one moment can change the entire narrative around a team, and he selected four instances of United’s group that could have been radically different.
“What is not going to change is the margin to be in the next round or to be out in the group stage,” Guardiola said.
“In 1-1 against PSG, [Anthony] Martial has two clear chances, one without the goalkeeper and one with just a defender on the line, and he fails, and Leipzig is 3-3 and wins 4-3 in the 94th minute and so they have a chance in the last game. .
“Even when they won 3-0 [against United] there is a Pogba cross with [Harry] Maguire waiting to score a goal and the opponent intercepts and the goalkeeper saves the ball because he found it in his legs, otherwise it would be 3-3 and it would be all about the spirit, character and personality of United.
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“This is the Champions League. We are out in the Champions League when we lose an opportunity without the goalkeeper five minutes from time. This is part of this competition that we have to accept.
“The margin is very narrow and that is why large teams can come out. That is why whenever we win a game in the group stage I congratulate the players because it is very difficult.
“The Premier League is the same. Every game is so complicated and difficult that every time we can win is a huge compliment. I don’t want to celebrate if we can’t celebrate in May, so in the process every time we win that night we celebrate and then we think about the next game. This is how we have to live our profession. “
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