When Manchester City takes on Inter Milan in the Champions League final on Saturday it will be just the second UCL title game appearance ever for the Cityzens. The previous appearance was a 1-0 loss to Chelsea in 2021.
City manager Pep Guardiola went with a more unorthodox lineup that day, choosing to not play a true defensive midfielder. Guardiola was asked, at a press conference today, if he blames himself for what went wrong that day.
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“It was a gameplan like it will be next Saturday,” Pep answered.
“If I tell you privately the reason why I took the decision in that moment you could say it was right but it is simple: If I lose, I am wrong, if I win I am right.
“You have to accept that in this business. It was a tight game and in many things we were better than them but we lost. Would I do something different now? Maybe but that doesn’t count.”
Inter Milan Team News
The very well traveled Henrikh Mkhitaryan has now recovered from injury and resumed training. This is according to today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport, and we saw that source via FCInterNews, who say the Armenian National Team Captain should be match fit and in the first team.
Meanwhile 28-year-old forward Joaquin Correa is a doubt while left back Dalbert is out as he continues to recover from his knee injury.
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