Pep Guardiola has paid Real Madrid a major compliment ahead of their UEFA Champions League reunion next month.
Manchester City and Real Madrid have become firm rivals in recent years and a quarter-final match-up in 2024 is their third successive meeting in the competition.
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Carlo Ancelotti’s team famously secured a 6-5 aggregate victory in the 2022 semi-final, before going on to win the final in Kyiv.
“It’s like a little bit of tradition, three years in a row against Real Madrid!”, as per quotes from BBC Sport.
“We are up against the kings of the competition and we hope to arrive at those games in a good moment.”