Pep Guardiola confronts Champions League demons as pressure mounts for Manchester City Globe_Sports
After winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 with teams containing the great Lionel Messi, Guardiola never reached the final of the competition in three seasons at Bayern Munich.Winning the Champions League twice as a coach puts Pep Guardiola in fairly elite company. After all, only three managers have won it more times.
City trails Tottenham 1-0 after the first leg of the quarter-finals and needs a big performance in the return match at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to reach the last four for only the second time in the club’s history.After winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 with teams containing the great Lionel Messi, Guardiola never reached the final of the competition in three seasons at Bayern Munich.
“I’m a failure in this competition,” Guardiola said – maybe sarcastically. “If my teams don’t win the Champions League, we fail all the time. This competition is tough. In this competition, there are many, many good teams. What’s important is the way we approach it.
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