Speaking pre-match, Guardiola had insisted City’s players shouldn’t be any more motivated to win the Champions League due to their impending ban.
Guardiola said: “There is no special motivation, even if it’s the last one (time), the desire has to be there, without that it’s impossible. More than that it’s another game – that’s all.
“This group of players will have a lot of chances, I know we play the king, I know the challenge we face but in the same time it’s not the last one.
“Unless you die and there’s no more chances you know there’ll be another opportunity. We play two games in the first one we try to be ourselves and do a good game.”
