Manchester City fell far under their usual standards during what has been a gloomy season, and now Pep Guardiola is on the same page as his old enemy Jose Mourinho
Pep Guardiola says that qualification for the Champions League will be one of his most satisfying performance in Manchester City – because of the problems they have confronted this season.
City played for most of the season without Ballon d'Or winner Rodri and has passed a series of injuries for important players – with target machine Erling Handand the newest set aside. Against that background, Guardiola said that people have been wrong because they naturally have the fact that City will qualify for the Champions League every season.
Jose Mourinho claimed that it was in second place in 2018 – when he was at Manchester United – was one of his greatest management performance, given the inequality between the two parties.
Guardiola may have won the Double and Treble in City, but the 54-year-old said that the qualification for the Champions League-the 15th year in a row would be for the Blues-one other important milestone for him.
“Following the Champions League next season will be an incredible success, only for the fact that we are there, for the problems we have had,” said Guardiola. “I understand when Jose said this quote. For the club we want to play for next season in the Champions League.
“I said this earlier, a thousand million times, those people naturally assume that the city will be every season in the Champions League. I know how difficult it is. Otherwise all the important teams would be in the Champions League every season, but it didn't happen that way.
“We are the only one in the last, I don't know how many years there have been. I give things like this to it, because it is the consistency that I have always searched for as a manager.”
City, who organizes Leicester on Wednesday, is fifth in the Premier League, with only four points that separate them from the 10th placed Bournemouth, in a busy battle for the coveted Champions League spots.
Thinking about the season of the city, which is sabotaged by injuries, Guardiola said: “It was not possible to do it in the Premier League this season and this is the worst Champions League campaign we have done here.
“But look at the FA Cup – seven semi -final in a row. People say:” Yes, but you play teams in the championship and in League One “.
“Maybe we won't win the FA Cup, but we have been there. We have not been there in the Premier League, we have not been there in the Champions League. But we have been there in the FA Cup.
“This season was so weird, we didn't have the players that difficult. That is the main reason. After that there are many other factors, but especially these.
“You can't compete in all matches if you don't have the players. The Treble? We couldn't win the Treble without all the players. The double? We couldn't win the double without the players.
“And this season it happened. We had to play a lot without them now we are in the last moments [of the season] And we will be good.
“We have nine games, nine finals, and we are going to try to be in the Champions League next season.”
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