Pep Guardiola’s men go into next week’s second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu a goal down, after late goals from Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham snatched victory for the Spanish side at the Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland scored either side of Kylian Mbappe’s leveller to have us in control, but Carlo Ancelotti’s men struck twice in seven minutes to turn the tie on its head.
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Dias expressed his disappointment after letting the lead slip and declared that the team’s chances of progression into the last-16 of the competition next Wednesday comes down to their belief in their own abilities.
“Now it’s a matter of belief. How much do we believe in ourselves, how much do we believe we can go through,” he said in an interview with CityTV after the game.
“Obviously we’re aware, we know exactly the game we’re going to play there. We’ve been there before. It will only be about how much we believe in ourselves.
“The good thing, at the end of the day, is that in this team and this Club, if we believe enough in ourselves and if we believe enough that we’re going to win it, we can do everything. And we have enough gun power to pull off anything.
“But we need to believe in it.”
Watch every word of Dias’ post match interview via the video at the top of the page.
