Thrilling to watch but Man City lack pragmatic steel in Europe


  • Football
  • Thursday, 18 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg - Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - April 17, 2019 Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane react after the match REUTERS/Phil Noble

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Steel and pragmatism are words rarely associated with Pep Guardiola's thrilling Manchester City side, but they are characteristics that would have served them well in their Champions exit at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.

Such is the intensity of the Premier League title race that City will have little time to contemplate and analyse their European demise in such dramatic fashion against Mauricio Pochettino's team.

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