Thrilling to watch but Man City lack pragmatic steel in Europe

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Steel and pragmatism are words rarely associated with Pep Guardiola's thrilling Manchester City side, but they are characteristics that would have served them well in their Champions exit at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.

Such is the intensity of the Premier League title race that City will have little time to contemplate and analyse their European demise in such dramatic fashion against Mauricio Pochettino's team.

Yet just as last year, City fell short, beaten in the last eight by English opponents -- last year it was 5-1 on aggregate to Liverpool, this time on away goals after a 4-3 win on Wednesday was not enough to overturn the 1-0 loss in London in the first leg. In all those games City paid the price for spells where they totally lost control of the game, conceding multiple goals in short blitzes.

On Wednesday they took the lead in the fourth minute before allowing Spurs to score twice in the seventh and 10th minutes.

 

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