Pep Guardiola believes the performance of a team in their league campaign is what determines the success of a season, not their Champions League display.
The Spaniard has plenty of experience of winning the Champions League, doing so twice with Barcelona before delivering Manchester City their maiden title in the competition.
Across his time with City, Barca and Bayern Munich, Guardiola has won 61.3% of his 191 Champions League games (W117 D39 L35), seeing his teams score 444 goals in those matches.
Only Carlo Ancelotti (123) has won more games in the competition than Guardiola, who has managed the third-most games.
Barca have won back-to-back LaLiga titles under Hansi Flick, but the Blaugrana are yet to reach the Champions League showpiece under the German coach.
Guardiola, however, claimed chasing a Champions League title could derail the club's current plans.
"The Champions League is a competition that destroys projects, and I hope that’s not the case at Barca," said the former City boss.
"We must not think that just because you don’t win it, everything that has been built is no good.
"The league is the competition that gives you consistency and continuity. In the Champions League, you need to reach the decisive stages in good condition, without injuries, and refereeing also has a huge impact.
"What matters is that the daily work is excellent, that the team keeps growing and improving, and that they don’t believe the season is a failure just because they don't reach the Champions League final or win it.
"The league is what sets the foundation for judging whether a season has been good or not."
darkxiao
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Pep literally made epl like a farmer's league
Suarezzy
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Just because Pep won more league trophies more than Champions League that was why he said so.
how many did your legend klopp win
Vipelmnstu
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only stupid people can disagree with the goat on this one. teams participate in the champions league because of their performance in the league and not vice versa....wake up fools
taycdkosuz
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that's his opinion
Saucdlopsy
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very true
true saying
SahrilSyer17
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Just because Pep won more league trophies more than Champions League that was why he said so.
that's why he's the best manager in the world
Bipdeiln
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every team in the league is playing for a price whether it be winning the trophy, playing for a place in anyone of the European leagues or avoiding relegation
Bipdeiln
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He's perfectly correct. it takes more consistency to win the league as you have much more games to play equally split between home & away with more players experiencing injuries throughout the entire season with less time to recover. Fitness & tactics are the main ingredients.
Widbiltz
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Just because Pep won more league trophies more than Champions League that was why he said so.
Londelptyz
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very true