Source: TheGuardian
Tired but still hungry, Pep Guardiola knows City need Champions League
Manchester City manager admits to exhaustion after team’s treble – but knows his burden will grow until he wins the European CupThe Champions League: Manchester City’s final frontier. After a clean sweep of domestic trophies in a staggering 2018-19 campaign, and after claiming five of the last six competitions available in England, only Europe needs to be conquered by Pep Guardiola and his juggernaut team.The manager knows it. At a Lionel Messi-led Barcelona, Guardiola guided his boyhood club to European Cup wins in 2009 and 2011. The Catalan has managed seven times in the continent’s blue riband club tournament since and failed to win it again: once with Barça, three with Bayern Munich and three with City. Related: Manchester City’s sky blue smashing of Watford proves football is broken Continue reading......read full article
