Guardiola bemoans pointless possession of 'really poor' Man City


Soccer Football - Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg - Manchester City vs FC Basel - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - March 7, 2018. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

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.

City advanced to the quarter-finals 5-2 on aggregate thanks to their 4-0 first-leg win in Switzerland, but while Guardiola fielded a weakened side at the Etihad Stadium he was still unhappy with his team's first home loss in over a year.

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