LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola remained unruffled despite his side's surprise 1-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg tie on Tuesday.
City had lost only once in their past 23 matches in all competitions, a run that had seen them lift the League Cup, reach the FA Cup final and trade top spot in the Premier League with Liverpool in a thrilling title race.
The quadruple remains possible but City will have to keep alive their European hopes the hard way -- having not overturned a tie in which they have lost an away first leg since 1971. "Last season was much worse," Guardiola told reporters."Except for a few chances we conceded in set-pieces and some counter-attacks, we controlled the game and played quite well.City's cause was not helped by Sergio Aguero's first-half penalty miss after Danny Rose was harshly adjudged by VAR to have used his arm to block Raheem Sterling's shot.
City also laboured somewhat to beat Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday, but Guardiola was not about to start criticising his team.
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