Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has said that he is "very satisfied" with both the result and the performance from his side's 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain this evening.
The Citizens booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history as Kevin de Bruyne's goal sealed a 3-2 aggregate triumph at the Etihad Stadium.
Sergio Aguero had earlier missed a penalty for the hosts, but Pellegrini believes that his side showed great resilience to respond to that setback and hit out at those who had criticised the club for not making it further than the last 16 before this year.
"I am very satisfied, not only because we won the game and qualified for the semi-finals, but because we won in the style of play we want. We didn't want to draw 0-0, we showed from the start we wanted to beat PSG," he told BT Sport.
"Kevin de Bruyne is an important player for us, we deserved a goal before he scored. We dominated that game from the beginning until the end. I trust my team so much, the penalty miss from Sergio Aguero was not the best moment. Once again, this team demonstrated the character and personality of a big team.
"I never understand the criticism we get. We beat Bayern Munich in my first season and lost against Barcelona in the round of 16. In the second season, we didn't play well but beat Bayern Munich again and Roma, then we lost to Barca again. This season we won the group and now we beat PSG. I really don't understand the criticism or they don't understand Barcelona have better players."
Pellegrini has reached the last four of the Champions League once before, being knocked out of the semi-finals by Arsenal in 2006 during his time in charge of Villarreal.
