The BBC ask Pep Guardiola whether his team are ready to bounce back from the disappointment of Champions League defeat. “The team are not disappointed … when a team plays well we are never disappointed … we don’t have to feel sorry or ashamed for the way [we] perform … it is football, it is life … we are in a semi-final against a historical team like Chelsea so of course you have to perform well … winning or losing against Madrid we would do the same … [Erling Haaland] is injured … it is not much but he is not able to play today.”

All the pre-match patter. Includes news of Enzo Fernández carrying a hernia problem, and this season’s emergence of Cole Palmer.

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