Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola believes that Manchester City players could not ignore the pressure of being favourites for their Champions League quarter-final.
City's manager had attempted to downplay the importance of the game beforehand and talk up the quality in the Dortmund side, but declared after the match that this had not been enough for the squad to shake the burden of feeling like they should win the match.
As it was they did and will take a 2-1 lead to Dortmund for the second leg next week, but they were given a serious test from the German side who put their Bundesliga concerns to one side and gave themselves a fighting chance of upsetting the Blues
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