I heard Pep Guardiola is curse, atleast that's what podcaster say due to his misunderstanding with Yaya Touré and his agent way back, maybe this is the year to break that curse since their next opponents aren't in their best shape compared to other seasons. Real Madrid can't defeat Manchester city, they are desperate for the champion league trophy. Pep Guardiola and his boys has won everything locally and now they want to dominate Europe and to do that they have to win the champion league before moving on to win other competition that comes as a result of winning the champions league.
Yeah I also came across those statements on several occasions but I can't say because I am not a seer and I can't tell if their failure to win the Champions league trophy all these years has been as a result of a curse. This season they have another opportunity to try again but first have to defeat Real Madrid who are a huge mountain in the way of their champions league victory. Hopefully they can make it count or record another failure this season.
Real madrid have not been at their best level in performance this season especially in the La liga they have lost many points in the race for the title. Against Manchester United it will be a much tougher experience and they will have to be at their best to stop Haaland from scoring and Guardiola's midfield machines from dominating the game.