‘We can create many chances in minutes’

Real Madrid lead 3-0 from first leg in Spain

Pep Guardiola has admitted Manchester City require a “perfect game” to overturn Real Madrid’s 3-0 lead in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.

Álvaro Arbeloa’s team are firm favourites to progress to the quarter-finals after their victory at the Bernabéu last week when Madrid’s captain, Federico Valverde, scored a first-half hat-trick.

Guardiola understands the challenge confronting his team. “It has to be a perfect game in many senses and so we try and try,” he said. “It’s about the players, getting into perfect positions. We played with four or five strikers in the first leg and didn’t score a goal.