Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is not too optimistic about his team’s Champions League chances as he thinks that City lack something special to win Europe’s biggest prize. Guardiola guided City to the Premier League last season where the team bagged a record 100 points. This season, City are heavy favorites to win the Premier League and there are high expectations for the team in the Champions League.
Manchester City lost their opening match against Lyon before defeating Hoffenheim. They are currently second in their group behind Lyon. Speaking ahead of City’s Champions League clash against Shakhtar Donetsk, Guardiola said, “In this competition you need something special, and still I don’t feel it. I saw last season we are still not ready to win it. That’s what I feel. That doesn’t mean we are not going to try but to win this competition it’s not enough just to have desire, or wanting to win. You have to have many circumstances, have experience and still we don’t have enough in some moments.
That’s not enough that the manager wants to win it, it’s not just the players. You have to have the desire – the club, chairman, owner, the fans, everyone has to push to be closer, to achieve the next stages. When it happens, everyone will feel it.”
Manchester City will hope to register their second win of the Champions League when they take on Shakhtar Donetsk.