Pep Guardiola tells Real Madrid president to ‘fix’ problem after Man City draw | Football

In a thrilling quarter-final first leg in the Spanish capital, Bernardo Silva opened the scoring after just two minutes with a display of quick-thinking from a free kick which outfoxed Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin. Madrid were level 10 minutes later as Eduardo Camavinga’s effort deflected off Ruben Dias and then went ahead as Rodrygo’s effort squirmed past City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.

Phil Foden pulled City level in the 66th minute with a sublime long-range strike, while Josko Gvardiol put the visitors ahead once again with another excellent shot from outside the box. But Madrid were able to earn a draw through Federico Valverde’s brilliant volley with 11 minutes remaining.

Madrid opted to play the tie with the roof closed in order to improve the atmosphere, but Guardiola was unhappy with the state of the playing surface for the match.

‘I haven’t set foot on it, but that’s what the players have told me,’ Guardiola said after the game.

‘You can’t see it from above all the time. Sometimes it seems that a grass is fine and only when you get to the pitch you realise that it is not.

‘It stood up, it was not uniform so to speak. The Bernabeu has always been like a carpet, they always provide the best conditions, in that sense we do not have complaint.’

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