Pep Guardiola understands the pressure on him to succeed in Europe with Manchester City, and knows that an inability to do so will be seen as a failure on his part.
City are yet to even reach a Champions League final since Guardiola's arrival, despite dominating in England.
"This is a business, and business is business. Business is winning,'' said Guardiola at his press conference on Tuesday. "If we don't win, I will be a failure. If we win, it will be: `Oh, how good is Pep.'''
Looking to reach the Champions League semi-finals, City face Borussia Dortmund in their quarter-final second leg on Wednesday, carrying a 2-1 lead from the first leg at home.
Guardiola did also add that it is the players who deserve credit in successful seasons, not himself.
"We won the Champions League, I didn't play," Guardiola said. "I didn't win the Champions League with Barcelona - they won it. I was just there to have one idea all together.
?"If I retire in five or 10 years, what has happened in my career was completely unexpected when I started. I'm more than grateful for the clubs I was at and the players that I've had."
ishti
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No sir, you are not. I had never imagined the kind of joy that I get while watching ManCity play flawless football regularly. Sir Ferguson had said domestic treble is impossible in England, but you did it in third year itself. Broke 22 major records at ManCity at such a small span of time. Champions league is a complicated trophy. It requires a lot of permutations and combinations to win it. Those stars has simply not aligned for us(hopefully some day), Bayern, the best team in the world has just been knocked out. So, you are still a huge success at City for me.
Bioackmoy
438
My favourite manager on the entire planet, hope u win this time pep
hedbcopuz
405
You are one of greatest managers the world has ever seen Pep. Your inability to win it for City or not doesn't change anything. I simply pray you don't pray Sterling and Jesus cos they will definitely bottle it for you again like last season.
Fohikloptz
302
I DONT HATE PEP , HE IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST COACHES IN WORLD FOOTBALL BUT HE ISN'T SEEING CLEARLY AT ALL BECAUSE THE FACT THAT PSG WAS ABLE TO KNOCKOUT RUTHLESS BAYERN OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (SOMETHING THAT CITY CANT DO IN MY OWN OPINION), THEN IT MEANS THEY GONNA FACE CITY IN THE SEMI FINALS WHICH MEANS THEY WILL HUMBLE CITY MERCILESSLY BECAUSE BAYERN MUNICH STOPPED THEM FROM WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST SEASON (BY LUCK). SO PSG WERE VERY UPSET WITH THE LOSS AND I KNEW THEY WILL COME OUT STRONG THIS SEASON WHICH MEANS THEY COULD GET ANYBODY THAT COMES THEIR WAY THIS SEASON INCLUDING MY DARLING CHELSEA CAN'T STOP THEM , ALMIGHTY BAYERN COULDN'T STOP THEM SO HOW WOULD CITY STOP THEM ? FOR ME THE SEMI FINALS IS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR PEP AND HIS CITY SIDES BECAUSE I SEE THEM DOING ANYTHING AGAINST POCHETINOS PSG SIDE . ALL CREDIT AND RESPECT TO MY 2ND FAVOURITE MANAGER PEP BUT THEY CANT SURPASS PSG IN THE SEMIS. I SEE CHELSEA VS PSG IN THE FINALS AND PSG WINNING CHELSEA BY 2-1 IN THE FINALS .
Kingbadshah
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keep dreaming ππ 0 UCL trophy πππ