Gundogan: We weren’t brave facing Tottenham

Tobi Ijalana
Germany and Manchester City’s Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan claims City were not brave enough facing Tottenham and are too nervous following their 1-0 defeat in the Champion League.

City go into the second leg of the quarter-final against Spurs at the Etihad Stadium next week and they hope to turn things around as unlucky Tottenham’s Harry Kane is on Injury.
Gundogan, who started at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, told Sky Deutschland:
“We were not brave enough in the game and we made a lot of simple mistakes.
“I have the feeling we are nervous in important Champions League games. We always make the wrong decisions.
“In these matches we always want to do something special because it means going through to the Champions League semi-finals. Sometimes less is more.”
He also opened up on Sergio Aguero’s 13th-minute penalty that was saved by Hugo Lloris.
“Negative events like Aguero’s penalty miss always set us back far too much. Had we scored from the penalty, we’d have taken Tottenham apart.
“But instead we withdrew from the game. That must not happen to a big team. That’s why we’re not there yet.” He added.