Why one Jesus shot confirmed to Guardiola that Man City are “still not ready” to win Champions League

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his club are still not ready to win the Champions League.
The 48-year-old coach made his observation following the Premier League champion’s return to winning ways at Crystal Palace.
City in the Champions League: Five key things to know…
- 2019/20 is the ninth season Man City have played in Europe’s premier club competition.
- Their best result is reaching the semi-finals in 2015/16 under Manuel Pellegrini.
- Since two-time European Cup winning manager Pep Guardiola arrived they’ve not advanced further than the quarter-finals.
- Spurs and Liverpool would dump them out at the stage in the last two seasons.
- City, despite Guardiola’s belief of not being ready to win the competition, remain one of the favourites.
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City had gone into the recent international break on the back off a humbling 2-0 home loss against struggling Wolves, which enabled Liverpool to open up an eight-point gap atop of the Premier League. However, City have since reduced the gap to six following Liverpool’s draw at arch-rivals Manchester United combined with their own victory.
Guardiola’s side ran out 2-0 winners at Selhurst Park, but the scoreline could have been different. In the final moments Gabriel Jesus should have teed-up Kevin De Bruyne for a simple tap in but the Brazilian marksman – who had opened the scoring – instead wanted to double his tally.
His effort was saved with, naturally, frustrated De Bruyne as well as his manager who felt if they are to win a first European Cup, then being more selfless – whilst not losing that ruthless streak – is paramount.
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“The last action … like when he has to pass to Kevin, he has to do it,” he said.
“But he is so young. We missed a lot of chances and also lost a lot of chances in the box. We have to be clinical.
“The people say about the Champions League, that target. We still are not ready. We create a lot, don’t concede, but can improve.
“We’ve scored a lot over the last two seasons and I don’t have doubts about that, but we have to keep going, work on that.”