Manuel Pellegrini has said that Real Madrid were lucky to win 1-0 in their Champions League semi-final.
The Chilean agrees that his side didn't play their best and that it was a missed opportunity, but he insists that Madrid were no better than his side during the 180 minutes of play.
"Of course if you don't reach the final you miss an opportunity," he told reporters. "We played against a very strong team that wasn't better than us.
"You need a little bit of luck but that wasn't the reason we couldn't win the game. Tonight and the game we played at the Etihad we saw very equal teams. I don't think Real Madrid demonstrated tonight that they are better than Manchester City.
"We tried to create but we couldn't. Both teams couldn't create. It was similar in the first leg. We didn't deserve to lose this game, the goal was very lucky, a deflection into the top corner.
"Missing David Silva, [Samir] Nasri and Yaya [Toure] coming from an injury, we didn't have creative players to make a difference.
"There are no regrets, we worked very well for 90 minutes. That's why Real Madrid couldn't create any chances. But we needed to create in the final third and today we couldn't."