Leeds [UK]: Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola believes that his side does not require any extra motivation to defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Guardiola also said that he does not believe that his side needs to recall previous Champions League exits or their failed Premier League title defence this season in order to prepare better for Madrid.
"What I want is to do a good game, It's absolutely a final. For us, for Madrid, it's a final. The plan will be to avoid making mistakes and to play a football game as we can. I think what happened in the past is not going to make you play better. What happened in the past is the past. Sometimes it is what it is. Accept it, Guardiola said.
"It's life. It's not perfect, it doesn't work perfectly for all of us, in our private lives, in our professional lives either. The motivation is to go through, to prove to ourselves we can do a good game and beat Real Madrid. That is the only thing you are able to do. What happened in the past will not give you an advantage or something special for the future, for the game against Real Madrid," he added.