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Pep Guardiola believes his Manchester City team were "nervous" against Real Madrid on Tuesday evening due to their failure to overcome Tottenham three years ago.

City will take a lead a one goal lead to the Spanish capital after a thrilling 4-3 victory against Real at the Etihad. Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva cancelled out a brace from Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior's strike.

Guardiola's side famously lost their Champions League clash to Tottenham in April 2019. The tie finished 4-4 on aggregate and Spurs progressed via the away goals rule - which hands the advantage to the team who scored the most away goals in the event of a draw.

The second leg of that quarter-final was a 4-3 thriller at the Etihad after Spurs had won the first game 1-0. Fernando Llorente's 73rd minute goal was enough to level the tie on aggregate and send Mauricio Pochettino's team through against the odds.

Yet it was a controversial goal, with many believing Llorente had handled the ball. VAR did not agree - nor did it overturn the penalty given against Aymeric Laporte for handball on Tuesday evening. That