Football Guardiola: City out because they were not perfect against Lyon Pep Guardiola rued Manchester City's missed chances in its 3-1 defeat to Lyon in the Champions League quarterfinals. Reuters 16 August, 2020 12:49 IST Reuters 16 August, 2020 12:49 IST Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said his side lost 3-1 to Olympique Lyonnais to exit the Champions League in the quarterfinals because it lacked the perfection needed in Europe's top competition.City fell behind to Maxwel Cornet's strike in a sloppy first half and although it looked like its usual self after the break and levelled through Kevin de Bruyne, it was downed by two strikes from Moussa Dembele, sandwiched between an unbelievable open-goal miss from Raheem Sterling.“It is what it is and hopefully one day we'll bridge this gap,” Guardiola told BT Sport after a fourth successive failure in the Champions League with City.“We struggled in the first 25 minutes but in the second half we felt free, we were there and I had the feeling we were better than them but you have to be perfect in this competition and we were not.”Guardiola did not complain about Lyon's second goal, which survived a VAR review after a potential foul by Dembele on City defender Aymeric Laporte.“I don't know, I don't want to talk about those circumstances because sometimes it seems like I'm complaining or looking for excuses. We are out, I had the feeling we were incredible already, but we made mistakes in the boxes in the key moments.”Guardiola also rued Sterling's astonishing miss which would have made it 2-2 and was promptly punished by Dembele's second goal which was the killer blow.“That moment sums up this competition, we had to equalise and after we conceded the third goal. That's this competition, you have to be perfect.“We created more chances, had more shots, we did everything but unfortunately we are out again.” ISL 2020-21: Chennaiyin FC vs Mumbai City FC - Head-to-head record, match stats, updates, players to watch out for ISL 2020-21: Jamshedpur FC vs Hyderabad FC - Head-to-head record, match stats updates, players to watch out for Pep Guardiola: Foden must not look to emulate De Bruyne Pochettino praises Neymar, for his defending! More Videos ISL 2020-21, SC East Bengal vs Mumbai City FC - Head to Head Record, Match Stats Updates, Players to watch out for ISL 2020-21: ATK Mohun Bagan vs Chennaiyin FC - Head to Head Record, Match Stats Updates, Players to watch out for Players are under-performing and need to deal with it Lampard Zlatan exceeded expectations with double in Cagliari win - Pioli ISL 2020-21, Kerala Blasters FC vs Bengaluru FC: Head-to-head record, match stats, updates, players to watch out for ISL 2020-21: Hyderabad FC vs Odisha FC - Head-to-head record, match stats updates, players to watch out for Paul Pogba - Should Manchester United stick or twist? Pep Guardiola 'fortunate' to manage Kevin De Bruyne