“I don’t know…we arrive at one percent” – Guardiola expresses uncertainty ahead of Real Madrid in Champions League on Wednesday 

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have a “one percent” chance of beating Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu. They need a win to reach the Champions League round of 16.

Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake missed the Newcastle match. They were Guardiola’s center-backs in the first leg against Madrid.  Guardiola thinks both players will be ready for Wednesday. When asked about their fitness, he said, “I hope so.”

Speaking to the media, Guardiola said: “The margin to win in Bernabeu in that position. Everybody knows that if you ask before the game, the percentage to go through, I don’t know, we arrive at one percent, it will be minimal. But as much as you have a chance, we will try, that’s for sure.”

On the win against Newcastle: “This season, the reality, we have been miles, miles away. If you tell me, if you perform like [Saturday], we finished 22 in the Champions League, of course not, we would have finished higher.

“But the reality, we have been really, really poor in performance in the results this season. And just for one game, that today, played really good. It’s not going to change the opinion, the reality, the team. It is right now and we are still not good in terms of day by day.

But of course, it’s better to travel to Madrid with this result than imagining defeat in the last minutes, so at the end, okay, the chance is, minor, because the result was not good, five minutes ago, with 2-1, it will be different, but with 2-3, the chances is, but as much as you have a chance, we are going to take it, and we’ll see what happens.”