Spurs prevail as mind-bending match sees Guardiola's City lose control | Barney Ronay

Pep Guardiola suffered another Champions League exit with Manchester City on a night where all hope of controlling the game was lost early on

Pep Guardiola aways did get a bit tetchy when people asked him about Manchester City doing the quadruple. On the bright side, he is in the clear now.

Although as ever Guardiola will not be entirely free from questions at the end of a wild, thrilling, at times utterly mind‑bending match. There is a theory that Guardiola, the master of control and systems, just isn’t suited to the intangibles of one-off knockout football, nights where an entire campaign can be thrown away in a fit of human frailty or a surge of irresistible emotion.

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