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Pep Guardiola Unhappy With 'Really Poor' Second Half Display From Man City in Basel Defeat

Pep Guardiola did not hide his disappointment at Manchester City's Champions League defeat to Basel, even though his team cruised through to the quarter-finals with a 5-2 aggregate win.

Leading 4-0 from the first leg, City extended their lead thanks to Gabriel Jesus' early goal. But Basel showed great spirit to fight back and after Mohamed Elyounoussi had levelled, Michael Lang struck a second-half winner to give the Swiss side a famous, albeit meaningless, 2-1 victory.

Guardiola was pleased to see City into the last eight for the first time during his tenure, but admitted that their performance on the night had not been good enough.