For much of his time leading Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has leaned on the club’s infancy in the Champions League as reason why it should come as no surprise that they have not won it on his watch. Pep Guardiola believes that last season's Champions League final defeat can help his teamGuardiola and his team forged their own piece of history by reaching May’s final, in turn exorcising the ghosts of three successive quarter-finals. City suffered heartbreak in the final but are now starting a new Champions League campaign‘We reached the final of the Champions League and it’s a motivation, they want it. City midfielder Rodri wants to win the Champions League but acknowledges it'll be difficult‘You move on though and in defeat you learn more than in victories. To achieve the Champions League is in our heads.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2021 21:32 UTC