Pep Guardiola says ‘future will be bright’ for Man City after Real Madrid defeat

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Pep Guardiola promised his Manchester City side “will be back” next season after Real Madrid ended their Champions League hopes for a fourth time in the last five years.City always faced an uphill task in the second leg of this last-16 tie after their 3-0 defeat at the Bernabeu last week, but things got harder 20 minutes in when skipper Bernardo Silva was sent off for stopping Vinicius Junior’s shot with an elbow on the line, with the Brazilian scoring the penalty.Erling Haaland pulled one back – his first goal since February 17 – but despite a strong display City could not get back into it.

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00:00Spirits both tonight and in the Bernabeu despite obviously the scoreline and going out.

00:06Always, always have, always have shown.

00:10I staffed 3-0, then after 4-0 and 10 against 11 is almost impossible, but

00:18the future will be bright, next season will be back.

00:21I would have loved for the way we started and the way we played, I would have loved to play

00:25against 11 against 11, but football, these circumstances happen, like the first goal in Madrid,

00:30for example, so Madrid is an extraordinary team that they punish you when you make a mistake.

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