City are so close to emulating Manchester United's treble winners they can almost taste it - and Pep Guardiola is edging closest to becoming the greatest of all time
Nights like this simply aren’t supposed to happen. After 37 minutes Manchester City had scored twice, Thibaut Courtois had pulled off two other world-class saves and Ederson had barely touched the ball.Meanwhile, Erling Haaland was on a revenge mission to make up for his disappointment of the first leg. When Jack Grealish popped in a cross he was practically on the goal line and had he placed the header anywhere but at Courtois it would’ve gone in.
And Bernardo Silva was there to punish them. In an age of supreme athletes and abnormal abs Bernardo, with his slight frame, unruly beard, those wild eyes, carries the air of a player who stays up late the night before and rolls out of bed five minutes before he’s required to kick a ball. and though his shot was blocked Bernardo was there to carefully nod the ball into the near-empty net.
One of the few criticisms of Pep Guardiola during his years in Manchester is his tendency to overthink things in the big moments, yet he has got them so right this season. The thrashing of Arsenal that virtually decided the title race. This second leg vs Real Madrid had the same feel.
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