{"id":288074,"date":"2023-09-18T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288074"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:34:11","slug":"city-have-done-nothing-yet-warns-pep-guardiola-in-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/city-have-done-nothing-yet-warns-pep-guardiola-in-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"City 'have done nothing yet', warns Pep Guardiola in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City stars to forget about the Treble and create more history.<\/p>\n
City lifted the Champions League for the first time by beating Inter Milan in Istanbul three months ago and kick off their defend against Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid are the only club to defend the title in the modern era and while Guardiola believes last season\u2019s triumph has moved the dial internally, he admitted they have done nothing yet.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019d like to say that for our club to win the Champions League is incredible,\u2019 Guardiola said. \u2018But in perspective, how many teams have won the Champions League once? In perspective, we did nothing special. Just one. We didn\u2019t have it and we\u2019re proud.<\/p>\n
\u2018I was incredibly proud at Barcelona to win two in four years but we didn\u2019t win it in a row. Let\u2019s try to be being ourselves. If we aren\u2019t able to win it then let\u2019s qualify for next year and try again.<\/p>\n
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Pep Guardiola has warned that his side have not achieved anything yet in the grand scheme of things<\/p>\n
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The Citizens lifted their first ever Champions League title in Istanbul earlier this year<\/p>\n
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\u2018It\u2019s the most difficult to win the first one. It\u2019s something incredible for us, but it\u2019s just once. Let\u2019s go. Let\u2019s try to win tomorrow.\u2019<\/p>\n
Chief executive Ferran Soriano revealed recently that he now feels \u2018relaxed\u2019 after finally conquering Europe and Guardiola added: \u2018If the board is relaxed, that\u2019s good. They don\u2019t play!\u2019<\/p>\n
City\u2019s squad took to the voting boos to elect a new leadership group after the weekend victory over West Ham United, with Bernardo Silva taking Ilkay Gundogan\u2019s place in last year\u2019s selection.<\/p>\n
Kyle Walker has been wearing the armband in Kevin De Bruyne\u2019s absence, with Ruben Dias and Rodri making up the five.<\/p>\n
Guardiola has expressed surprise that City have a 100 per cent start to this campaign and admitted his stars were apoplectic in the London Stadium dressing room when a goal down against West Ham.<\/p>\n
\u2018The players were angry. I said, \u201cwhy are you angry?\u201d We\u2019re losing but you performed really well,\u2019 Guardiola said.<\/p>\n
\u2018If we were more clinical up front it would\u2019ve been 3-1. We push them but it comes from them. We have an incredible mentality in the players. I\u2019m a little bit surprised that after all the years, the Treble, this shows the team is really good.<\/p>\n
\u2018Managers can do inspirational speeches but it doesn\u2019t work. Every player has to go on their own.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Guardiola has now won the honour three times as a coach, having done so twice at Barcelona<\/p>\n
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