Madrid chief Florentino has to worry about making a good pitch, says Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola called the 3-3 draw in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid "a good result" because he "thinks too highly" of 'Los Blancos' "to think" that they will play at the Santiago Bernabeu and "play fancy games".

"We take the draw well.  It's a good result. I have too good an opinion of Real Madrid to think that we're going to come here and play fancy games. The result leaves the tie open and we'll have to settle it at home," he told a press conference.

"It was an entertaining match. It dignified this competition. Both teams attacked. The quality of the players and the incredible goals that were scored... I liked the way we played in the second half. The transitions they make are very complicated and we controlled the game well, but it's Real Madrid and the Bernabeu is special. We took the result and in a week's time in Manchester our stadium will be full. We have to score a goal, keep doing our job and get to the semi-final," he said of the match.

"It's the Bernabeu, my dear friend. You're English, you don't know what it means to play at the Bernabeu. At the beginning we lost more balls than usual and they have legs and quality to make great transitions. In the second half we played with a lot of personality and to score three goals at the Santiago Bernabeu is very good," he continued.

"It's a process. This game in the first or second season would have been different, we weren't as emotionally stable; that's one of the keys in this game. If you want to come to the Bernabeu, play against Real Madrid in their competition and control the whole game... We have our idea, but it's impossible to control the game all the time," he added.

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