Ilkay Gundogan believes Manchester City are way too nervous in the Champions League.
Gundogan, who started at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, told Sky Deutschland: “We were not brave enough in the game and we made a lot of simple mistakes. I have the feeling we are nervous in important Champions League games. We always make the wrong decisions. In these matches we always want to do something special because it means [going through to the] Champions League semi-finals. Sometimes less is more.”
“Negative events like Aguero’s penalty miss always set us back far too much,” added Gundogan. “Had we scored from the penalty, we’d have taken Tottenham apart. But instead we withdrew from the game. That must not happen to a big team. That’s why we’re not there yet.”
Fernandinho was a little more positive about City’s performance. “You can see we played a little bit different, especially in a defensive way with two holding midfielders,” Fernandinho said. “We tried to close the midfield because they try to concentrate their game in the middle. We tried to do that and we did [it] so well but at the end we conceded a goal. We are going to see if Pep likes it for the next game. Otherwise we will change and try to go for the game and win.”
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