Guardiola fears Real Madrid? Pep worried about this problem Man City has

Manchester City won another Premier League game, and it all seems fine for the team's preparation ahead of the Real Madrid game in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Man City will travel to Spain this week to face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, and there is confidence to able to get a result, especially their match from last year. Man City defeated Crystal Palace fairly easily away from home as they defeated them 4-2 with goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Rico Lewis, and Erling Haaland. Many Man City fans are confident ahead of the Real Madrid game, but their manager Pep Guardiola shows concern despite his team winning.

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Pep Guardiola praised the performance and some of the players, including De Bruyne, who scored two goals and provided an assist. Guardiola said, "In the first half we did mistakes but we made a comeback and Kevin de Bruyne won the game with his actions, his assists, his goals and everything. We won the game with him. I didn't know that [De Bruyne] enjoyed scoring goals more than assists but I keep pushing him to say we have to win games. He has won many games for us, no doubt. It was really good for his performance."

Guardiola gave bad news to Manchester City fans, who were concerned about Gvardiol's injury. Guardiola said, "We will see which players we have available because Josko [Gvardiol] had a little problem. We will see. Next one. We were unlucky to play early on after Aston Villa, but now we are lucky we have time to recover before Real Madrid. We will try to give them a good game."

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Pep Guardiola is concerned about Real Madrid's pacey attackers

Pep Guardiola was asked if the slow defense could be a problem against Real Madrid's attackers like Vinicius and Rodrygo since Man City were countered in the first three minutes against Crystal Palace. Guardiola said, "Yes, I know why it happened today, and you are right. We have to fix it. Otherwise, it will be difficult. They have a lot of qualities. One of them is the speed and transition players that Real Madrid have."