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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has claimed Real Madrid would have sacked him within six months last season.
According to him, Madrid is the “hardest” club to manage in the whole world.
Guardiola was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of their Champions League clash against Los Blancos.
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The Spaniard was answering questions about Xabi Alonso, who future is now uncertain at the Bernabeu, following a poor run of form.
Managing Real Madrid is the hardest job in football,” Guardiola said.
“If I performed the way I did last season as Real Madrid’s manager, I would’ve been sacked in six months.”
In other news, Chelsea pulled off one of the results in the Champions League on Tuesday night, after they thrashed Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues were lucky not to be behind early, after Ferran Torres fumbled the chance to open the scoring.
Enzo Maresca’s men also saw Enzo Fernandez’s goal ruled out, before a Jules Kounde own goal gave them the lead.
Barcelona were reduced to 10 men before half time, as the referee showed Ronald Araujo a second yellow card.
Chelsea took advantage of their extra man to score twice after the break through Willian Estevao and Liam Delap.
Across the UK, Manchester City lost 2-0 to Bayer Leverkusen, while Newcastle threw away a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 at Marseille.
Juventus edged a five-goal thriller against Bodo/Glimt, winning 3-2 in Norway and Borussia Dortmund thrashed Villarreal 4-0.
The Premier League has released a statement explaining why Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye was shown a straight red card early in the first half against Manchester United.
Gueye clashed with his own team-mate, Michael Keane, after a loose ball saw Bruno Fernandes’ shot go wide.
