“I’m sorry for the English people but I want Bayern to go through,” Guardiola said. “I am part of this club. I love Munich. I love Bayern. I have a lot of friends there.”
Liverpool will look to make that four by navigating Wednesday’s last-16 second leg at the Allianz Arena, but Guardiola hopes City’s title rivals stumble at his old club.
Who would be the ideal opponent for Man City in the 1/4 finals?
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester United
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tottenham Hotspur
๐ฎ๐น Juventus
๐ณ๐ฑ Ajax
๐ต๐น Porto
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool / Bayern Munich ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ซ๐ท Lyon / Barcelona
“It was only three weeks ago I had to calm everyone down because they were saying: ‘It’s only Bayern, they are not in the best moment and you have to go through’,” Klopp argued. Three weeks later we are second and they are first and it’s: ‘Oh wow’.”
Pep Guardiola hopes former club Bayern Munich beat Liverpool and join Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Schalke were ruthlessly swept aside by City at the Etihad as an emphatic seven-goal haul saw them cruise into the last eight courtesy of a 10-2 aggregate victory.
To guarantee progress, I would say Porto. From an entertainment side of things Juveโ Chris Caruso (@Carusofacts) March 13, 2019
As a man city fan give us Portoโ my helper (@sweetstories201) March 13, 2019
As an Ajax fan I hope we draw Tottenham , (reunion of Eriksen, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Alderweireld) or Fc Porto. Let Man city play against Juventus; that can be a great game.โ Redel (@Rdelenb) March 13, 2019
City’s progression means there will be at least three English teams in the quarter-final of a Champions League campaign for the first time since 2010/11.
Those close to the Bayern squad say they are suddenly buoyantly confident. That is to be expected given they’ve quickly returned to their excellent standards since the first leg, having just hammered Wolfsburg 6-0.
This is the Bayern everyone knows and fears. This is why Liverpool are bracing themselves for a different tone of tie to the first leg, especially from the very start. It was notable how Virgil van Dijk almost perfectly echoed Klopp’s words about that, revealing how it is something that has been drilled into the team.