Borussia Dortmund interim coach Edin Terzic has warned Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola that their Champions League quarter-final tie is way from over regardless of a 2-1 win for the hosts on the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
Guardiola was complimentary about Dortmund’s efficiency after the sport however Terzic, whose facet had levelled the competition at 1-1 six minutes from the tip earlier than Phil Foden’s last-gasp winner, stated his facet had been prepared for an additional chunk on the cherry.
“Pep had some nice words for me at full-time, but we’re not done yet. We’ll see each other again in eight days’ time,” stated Terzic. “It’s halftime and the tie continues to be open.
“We’ll be ready to give it our all to overturn the result and reach the next round. We kept their chances to a minimum and posed a threat ourselves going forward. It was evenly matched so we’re disappointed with the result in the end,” he added.
Dortmund skipper Marco Reus was upset with the way in which his facet had allowed City to take a bonus to Germany.
“We’re annoyed. Conceding a second right before the end was unnecessary. Two seconds of us switching off and they showed their quality. We have to stop the cross coming in. On the whole though, I think we produced a great performance,” he stated.
Guardiola was clear his City facet wouldn’t be making an attempt to defend their one purpose benefit subsequent Wednesday.
“We are going to Dortmund to win the game. In the first half tonight, we were not clever with the ball. The second half was much better and we had two or three clear chances to score a second or third when it was 1-0,” he stated.
“To play in the positions we want to, we have to have good build-up play. We have another chance next week.”
“Borussia Dortmund are a typical club from the Champions League. They have played in this competition for many years and know what to do. We are going there to score,” he added.