MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled his team's second-half performance against Basel as "really, really poor" and said their possession play had been largely pointless in their 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. "The first half was quite good but in the second half we forgot to attack, we forgot to play. When we pass the ball we do it to move through the opponents to attack - just to pass the ball for itself is nothing and the second half was really really poor," Guardiola told reporters. "But after 1-1 in the second half, it didn’t happen. In the second half, with Leroy (Sane), he was the only one who tried to be aggressive."

Source: The Star March 07, 2018 23:03 UTC