Madrid, May 5 (IANS) Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart described Fernando's own goal - the only one of two-legged Champions League semi-final - as "Real's lucky goal" that handed the Spanish giants a passage to the final. The first leg ended 0-0 at Manchester and Madrid won the second leg 1-0 at home here on Wednesday, reports Xinhua.
The Englishman had a great game against the Spanish giants, thwarting them multiple times, including a great save from Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, who was through one-on-one but couldn't finish past Hart in goal. City couldn't really create many chances apart from Fernandinho's shot in the first half, and Hart was the man who kept the scoreline only 1-0 in favour of Real.
"We could easily be in the final. They managed the game well, and got a very lucky goal, they have beaten us with lucky goal but it is what it is," said the British goalkeeper in the post-match interview with BT Sport on Wednesday, reports Efe.
"They created very little over the two legs, so did we in fairness. It was a close semi-final and we've come out the wrong side of it," the England national team goalkeeper.
City's first Champions League final dream ended disappointedly on Wednesday night. Hart said, "They couldn't kill it off. We defended well when needed and we just didn't have that little bit more. Did we do enough to win the game? I don't know (...) we turned up to win the game, we turn up to win every single game. That's gone now, we need to look to Sunday."
Manchester City made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history, and Joe Hart had a big role to play in it. With manager Manuel Pellegrini leaving the club in the summer, and Pep Guardiola taking over, Hart's future was thought to be in danger, but the Englishman has shown that he is up for the challenge and will be one of their main players going forward as well.
