‘It’s just bad decisions’: Guardiola rues late goals as City slip to Madrid defeat

  • City conceded twice in final six minutes of 3-2 loss
  • ‘Everyone has to take accountability – I take it’

Pep Guardiola admitted that Manchester City cannot be competitive if they continue to concede late goals as they did when surrendering an 86th-minute lead in Tuesday’s 3-2 home defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League playoff first leg.

City held the advantage at the Etihad Stadium through Erling ­Haaland’s 80th-minute penalty, with the striker’s 19th-minute opener having been cancelled out by Kylian Mbappé on the hour. Yet Guardiola’s side collapsed as the final whistle approached.

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Championship roundup: Leeds rout Watford as Farke hails ‘poetry in motion’

  • Leads win 4-0 away to surge five points clear at top
  • Preston and Coventry boost playoff hopes

Daniel Farke hailed Leeds’s “top level” forwards after the emphatic 4-0 win at Watford increased their lead at the Championship summit to five points.

Dan James opened the scoring in the 20th minute after latching on to a misplaced pass from Edo Kayembe. The Wales winger made it 2-0 eight minutes later when Watford were caught out by a swift counterattack. Manor Solomon saw a shot deflected in for the third before half-time, with Joël Piroe slotting in the fourth midway through the second period after Watford were undone with some quick passing in tight spaces.

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