Champions League: Manchester City 5-3 Monaco
Man City 5 Monaco 3
Bayer Levkn 2 Atl Madrid 4
City,
who came from behind twice to beat the French league leaders 5-3 in a pulsating
first leg at the Etihad Stadium, play the return on 15 March.
"We
are going to fly to Monaco to score as many goals as possible," Guardiola
said afterwards.
"That
is my target. It is impossible to progress if we don't score a goal."
Monaco
led 2-1 and 3-2 before City fought back to clinch a thrilling victory in the
highest-scoring first leg of a knock-out tie in the 25-year-history of the
Champions League.
Guardiola
is expecting another wide open game when the teams meet again, and feels that
is the best way to combat Monaco's own attack-minded tactics that have seen
them score 76 goals in 26 Ligue 1 games this season.
"They
play in that way too - they will attack more and more," he explained.
"We will have to defend better but we will have our chances, I am pretty sure
of that.
"Am
I happy with my team playing so open? Yes. A lot.
"I
would like to see how many teams are able to make a clean sheet against Monaco
this season. They attack with so many good players, who make runs in behind,
that it is difficult to control the game.
"But
we created a lot of chances too and I don't know if Monaco have played a team
who created as many chances as we did against them.
"We
arrived in their box so many times which is why I want to play in that way
again."
Monaco
coach Leonardo Jardim had no regrets about his side's approach and said he had
"congratulated his players" despite their defeat.
"We
still have 90 minutes to go and we will be playing at home so the tie is far
from over," Jardim said. "And I think everyone who watched this game
was happy to be able to witness such a spectacle.
"It
was a great game for supporters. Two great teams, very good in attack, and
eight goals scored.
"I
think my players played a great game. We made a couple of errors in defence
which we were punished for but I think the real key to this game was when we
could have gone 3-1 up [with a penalty] but the score came back to 2-2."
Guardiola
felt Willy Caballero's save from Radamel Falcao's second-half spot-kick was
vital and praised the way his side dug in to turn the game around.
"At
1-3, mentally it would have been so tough for us, but Willy made an excellent
penalty save," Guardiola added.
"The
lesson we got from the game was that we did not give up. There were moments we
were lucky, especially in the second half, and when we were so unlucky -
especially in the first half.
"But
we did not give up, which is why we are still alive in the tie."
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