Guardiola disappointed by the collapse of Manchester City

Pep Guardiola criticized Manchester City’s inability to hold on to a 2-0 lead after falling to a 4-2 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain tonight that leaves their Champions League hopes hanging in the balance .

City must now beat Club Brugge at the Etihad next week to have any chance of squeezing into the play-offs after a worrying night in the French capital.

Goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland looked to have put City in control but PSG, who started the evening in danger, stormed back.

Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola equalized for PSG before late efforts from Joao Neves and Goncalo Ramos completed a remarkable comeback.

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Guardiola told TNT Sports: “The game never went the way we wanted, but for that I give a lot of credit to PSG. They are an extraordinary team. But at 2-0 if we manage to do it… but they scored right after .

“Then if we could keep the ball a little bit and stay that way it would have been better but we couldn’t do it.

“To defend the result you have to keep the ball and we didn’t do that. They had more, they attacked better and that’s why it was difficult.

“I accept defeat because the best team won.”

We have one last chance: Pep

Exiting the competition at this early stage would be a heavy blow for City in what has been a disappointing season, but Guardiola admitted it was now a possibility.

He added: “We have one last chance at home against Club Brugge. If we win, hopefully we can qualify.

“If we don’t win, we don’t deserve it. Sporting is tough, PSG is tough, Juventus is tough, every away game we had was tough. This is the reality. We didn’t get enough points. The last game against Bruges will dictate what we have to do.”