Pep Guardiola admits ‘best team won’ as Real Madrid knock Man City out of Europe

Pep Guardiola’s side were comprehensively outplayed in Spain. Pic: John Walton/PA

Pep Guardiola accepted Manchester City had been outplayed as their Champions League campaign came to a limp end with a 3-1 defeat at Kylian Mbappe-inspired Real Madrid.

Mbappe scored a brilliant hat-trick in the second leg of their play-off at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday to power the holders into the last 16 6-3 on aggregate.