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Marcus Banks

Pep Guardiola asked about VAR decisions after Man City defeat to Lyon

Pep Guardiola refused to comment on the VAR decisions that went against Manchester City during their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon.

Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for the French side in the first-half before Kevin De Bruyne finally levelled proceedings after the interval.

City should have been ahead but Raheem Sterling missed an open goal from five yards out which sparked a counter-attack from Lyon.

Moussa Dembele raced clear and appeared to trip Aymeric Laporte as Karl Toko Ekambi let the ball through his legs while standing in an offside position. Dembele scored and the subsequent VAR check concluded there was no clear and obvious error from the officials.

Dembele netted again following a mistake from Ederson to condemn City to another knockout stage defeat.

When asked about the VAR decision after the game, Guardiola refused to comment on it.

"I don't want to talk about these circumstances," he told BT Sport. "It looks like I'm complaining and finding excuses.

"We did a lot of good things, but it wasn't enough. We made mistakes in the boxes in key moments. We struggled to find our spaces to attack.

"One day we will break this gap to the semis. In the first 20, 25 minutes we struggled to find spaces to attack.

"The second half was OK - we were there. I had a feeling we were better. You have to be perfect in this competition."

Guardiola was also asked about Sterling's vital miss and believes it was a turning point in the game.

He added: "In this situation you have to equalise to take it to extra time, but then we concede the third and it's over. We created more chances and more shots.

"We are disappointed. We now go on holidays. Then we have to lift the players when they return to the club again."

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