Regardless of the long delay in reviewing Otamendi’s technical foul, City boss Pep Guardiola has come out in defense of VAR.
“The VAR needs time, they will improve, the screen was broken, next time they will be better,” said Guardiola. “I support the technology, because they (referees) need the help.”
However, the City manager is concerned about his side conceding two against against the German outfit who only had two shots on target.
“They hardly shot a goal on target and they got two goals, so we have some work to do,” said the Spaniard.
“To go away and score three goals, I am delighted, but it’s not enough at this level.
“We gave them the opportunities to be in the game and we have to improve on that.”
Positive side
The City manager has however claimed that there were more positives than negatives from his side’s dramatic win.
“Maybe it will help us, the result is incredible – if you had told me we would score three goals away, I would have signed for that straight away,” said Guardiola.
“I’m delighted, we showed personality – but we gave them options to be in the game.”
On the other hand, the Schalke 04 boss was left a bit frustrated by his side’s loss.
A 3-2 (loss) is definitely disappointing,” said Tedesco, whose Schalke side sit just above the Bundesliga relegation places.
“It is important we learn from this.
“We made two goals, even if they were penalties.
“We just need to be cleverer in certain situations.”