Breaking news: yaya toure breaks silence on the course he led on pep guardiola ,as he reveals procedures for course to be broken .

 Manchester City supporters must 

be wondering if their side is cursed 

when it comes to the Champions League.

City snatched defeat from the jaws of 

victory against Real Madrid on Wednesday

 night, losing their semi-final second leg 

3-1 at the Bernabeu to exit the competition

 with a 6-5 aggregate defeat.

Pep Guardiola's side had looked to be 

on course for the final after Riyad 

Mahrez’s goal put them 1-0 up on the 

night, and 5-3 ahead in the tie.

But two dramatic late goals from Madrid

 substitute Rodrygo sent the semi-final

 to extra-time before Karim Benzema 

sealed victory for the home side from

 the penalty spot.

It is now 11 years since Guardiola 

last won the Champions League while

 at Barcelona. That is despite him 

coaching the biggest club in Germany, 

Bayern Munich, and now the richest 

club in England since his time at 

the Nou Camp.

Is it because Guardiola has over-thinks 

his tactics in big European games? 

Not according to his former player 

Yaya Toure's agent, Dimitriy Seluk, 

who has another explanation: African curse.

Seluk's comments from 2018 have again

 resurfaced, where he claimed the Catalan

 coach angered "all Africa" by benching

 the Ivory Coast international during 

the player's final year at City.

"He [Guardiola] turned all Africa against

 himself, many African fans turned 

away from Manchester City," said Seluk.

"And I'm sure that many African shamans

 in the future will not allow Guardiola 

to win the Champions League.

"This will be for Guardiola an African 

curse. Life will show whether I am 

right or not."

A lot to unpack there. Shamans, who 

boast the power of being able to invoke 

good or bad spirits, definitely don't seem

 willing to deny Guardiola glorious 

domestic success wherever he goes. 

But Seluk is adamant.

"The fact that Guardiola ended Yaya's 

career in Manchester City is not even

 a mistake, but a crime," he added.

"You will still see what the African 

shamans are. Remember this always."

Toure and Guardiola had a sometimes

 strained relationship, despite their success

 together. The Ivorian played in Pep's 

first Champions League final win in 

2009, filling in in central defence for 

the 2-0 victory over Manchester United.

However in 2010 he left Barca to join 

Man City and did not have the fondest

 memories of his ex-coach.

Toure became a City legend for his attacking

 midfield displays while at Man City 

but in 2016, the pair's paths crossed 

again when Guardiola arrived at the club.

Toure featured fairly regularly during

 Guardiola's first season in Manchester, 

but was a bit-part player during 2017/

18 and was allowed to leave the club 

at the end of the season, which apparently

 angered the player's agent and - if 

Seluk is to be believed - African shamans.

While the curse may or may not 

be real, Guardiola and City will have 

to wait another year for a shot at 

Champions League glory.