{"id":1111819,"date":"2019-10-21T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1111819"},"modified":"2019-10-22T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:01:01","slug":"guardiola-manchester-city-not-ready-champions-league-gabriel-jesus","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/guardiola-manchester-city-not-ready-champions-league-gabriel-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Why one Jesus shot confirmed to Guardiola that Man City are &#8220;still not ready&#8221; to win Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his club are still not ready to win the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old coach made his observation following the Premier League champion&#8217;s return to winning ways at Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>City in the Champions League: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2019\/20 is the ninth season Man City have played in Europe&#8217;s premier club competition.<\/li>\n<li>Their best result is reaching the semi-finals in 2015\/16 under Manuel Pellegrini.<\/li>\n<li>Since two-time European Cup winning manager Pep Guardiola\u00a0arrived they&#8217;ve not advanced further than the quarter-finals.<\/li>\n<li>Spurs and Liverpool would dump them out at the stage in the last two seasons.<\/li>\n<li>City, despite Guardiola&#8217;s belief of not being ready to win the competition, remain one of the favourites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7399272<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s draw at arch-rivals Manchester United combined with their own victory.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola&#8217;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 &#8211; who had opened the scoring &#8211; instead wanted to double his tally.<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; whilst not losing that ruthless streak &#8211; is paramount.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United &amp; Liverpool Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDn2xp26mjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last action \u2026 like when he has to pass to Kevin, he has to do it,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/oct\/20\/manchester-city-champions-league-pep-guardiola-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people say about the Champions League, that target. We still are not ready. We create a lot, don\u2019t concede, but can improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve scored a lot over the last two seasons and I don&#8217;t have doubts about that, but we have to keep going, work on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s return to winning ways at Crystal Palace. 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