Ilkay Gundogan admitted that Manchester City "were scared to lose something" early on against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, before they turned things around in a 2-1 win.
Jude Bellingham scored 15 minutes into the Champions League quarter-final at Signal Iduna Park, putting the home side on course for the semi-final.
But second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden turned the tie around as City reached the last four through a 4-2 aggregate win.
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What was said?
"Today once again we showed character," Gundogan told BT Sport. "We didn't play well at all in the first 15 minutes, we struggled and we weren't brave enough and were scared to lose something.