Pep pledges Citizens will attack

Pep pledges Citizens will attack

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola insists his side will attack the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Borussia Dortmund.

The Citizens edged a 2-1 home in the first leg with BVB, but Guardiola says his side will try to win the return meeting, despite requiring only a draw to progress to the last four.

Midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne gave City a 1-0 lead over Dortmund on Tuesday evening after 19 minutes, before the Citizens had a let-off when Jude Bellingham's potential equaliser for the Bundesliga side was ruled out in the second half.

Marco Reus finally made a breakthrough for the visitors after 84 minutes, though, levelling the scores, only for Phil Foden to snatch a later winner for City six minutes later.

City have all but won the Premier League this season and will now travel to Leeds United before the return leg with Dortmund in Germany, where the Spaniard has suggested his side will play on the front foot and will not look to simply defend their advantage.

Speaking after the game, Guardiola said: "We won in the end, now we know each other quite well. First Leeds and then we will take time to see them and go there to win the game.

"I asked the players to win the game. We did it and now we go to Dortmund not to defend.

"We will adjust our pressing, adjust our build-up and play 90 minutes to try and reach the semi-final."

Meanwhile, the Citizens are 1/8 to progress to the Champions League semi-finals and are 15/8 to win the competition for the first time in their history.

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