By Daily Sports on October 1, 2019
Pep Guardiola has said he will not “kill himself” to win the Champions League with Manchester City.
City face Dinamo Zagreb at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday with Guardiola looking to add the only major trophy he has not lifted at the club.
The Spaniard’s last success in the tournament came in 2011 during his spell as Barcelona boss but he insists lifting the trophy again will not define his reign in east Manchester.
“I want to win it but if I don’t, it will not change my life, I am not going to kill myself,” Guardiola told a news conference.
“In my first press conference it was the same question. You are here to win the Champions League and I say I spoke to Ferran [Soriano], Khaldoon [Al Mubarak] and they didn’t tell me that.
“Sometimes you take a few years and sometimes you take one year.
“Barcelona is my club in my heart and 1992 was the first one and Barcelona was born a long time ago. I am sorry, I am not going to live the next 10 months thinking if I don’t win the Champions League it would be a disaster because my life is quite good.”
Since moving to the club in 2016, City have failed to get beyond the quarterfinals under Guardiola.
Guardiola revealed in a poll undertaken by the club, City supporters suggested they would rather win a third Premier League title in a row than lift the Champions League.
But he has called on fans to get behind the team in the competition because otherwise they will not be able to win it.
“I know for the fans it’s the Premier League that’s most exciting,” Guardiola added. “We know that as a club, we’ve done polls, and the people prefer by far to win the Premier League than the Champions League. I know how special it is. But this competition is nice too. They have to live it as a dream. (ESPN)
•PHOTO: Pep Guardiola
Source Daily Sports
Posted October 1, 2019
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