Aftermath of Tottenham-Defeat: Man City's loss to Spurs 'cruel', we 'fought a lot' - Guardiola laments

Tottenham scaled through Manchester City to reach the Semi-Finals of the UCL

Manager Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will recover from their "cruel" defeat by Tottenham in the Champions League to push for a domestic Treble.


City had an injury-time winner from Raheem Sterling ruled out by VAR as Spurs edged a thrilling 4-4 aggregate draw on away goals.

"It's tough. It's cruel but we have to accept it," he said.

"We fought a lot, nine, 10 months for the Premier League. It's in our hands. It's tough, but we have to do it."

Trailing 1-0 after the first leg, City finally edged ahead in the tie for the first time thanks to Sergio Aguero's second-half strike.

But a dramatic match, which featured five goals in the first 21 minutes, had at more twists with substitute Fernando Llorente bundling in to give Spurs the advantage on away goals, before Sterling's late effort was ruled out.

"I am so proud of the players and the fans," added Guardiola.

"I have never heard noise like that since I have been in Manchester but football is unpredictable."