Pep Guardiola has given his opinion on why Manchester City lost to Arsenal on Sunday.
City scored first through Sergio Aguero in the 62nd minute before the Gunners forced the contest into extra-time after Nacho Monreal equalised on 71 minutes.
Guardiola's men were eliminated from the competition after Alexis Sanchez scored from close range in the first half of extra-time and the Spaniard disclosed some reasons for the nature of the defeat while looking ahead to their next fixture which comes in the form of a derby with Manchester United.
"We have three or four days to recover [before the game with United]," he said. "Today we are sad but as soon as possible we will stand up.
"We tried to change many things. Some days we did it but results show who you are, they could be better, could be worse.
"In games like this, a semi-final is like a final, you cannot expect control every situation but we control most of the time.
"They play long balls to [Olivier] Giroud and they counter-attack and with set pieces they are a tall team. They beat us because of this."
Source: tribalfootball.com