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Everything Pep Guardiola said at Man City press conference on Real Madrid defeat and Newcastle

Pep Guardiola will speak to the media on Friday after Manchester City's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid this week.

City were minutes from a Champions League final, holding a two-goal lead over Madrid going into injury time at the end of their semi-final. However, 89th and 91st minute goals from Rodrygo sent the game to extra time, when Karim Benzema's penalty led the Spaniards into the final with City left working out what had just happened.

Guardiola will likely give an update on how his squad have reacted in the following days as they prepare to face Newcastle on Sunday in the Premier League. He could also offer an update on John Stones and Kyle Walker's injuries.

Stones travelled to Madrid with the squad but was not fit to play, while Walker played 60 minutes but was substituted and had an ice pack on his ankle for the rest of the game.

Follow below for every word from Guardiola's press conference from 1.30pm.

The rest of the press conference will be embargoed until tomorrow night, so we'll tidy up the quotes from that open section and bring you the top stories.

They don't have to forget, how do they forget. We'll play Newcastle thinking of it. For sure. I know the players in the training sessions, meetings, warm-ups how committed they'll be, I have no doubt. For 89 minutes, 0-1, they were close, Real Madrid has done it many year, they have this belief, for the history. Incredible players doing that. Di Stefano, Puskas, Raul, Cristiano, Higuain they were there, all the strikers know what to do. They fight because of that, that is part of their tactics. We handle it as much as possible. We could have been better but it's not easy. Momentum, circumstances, because we play against Real Madrid. It might happen

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