Spanish
coach, Pep Guardiola has hammered on the importance of today's showdown
between his English side and French giant, Monaco.
Pep Guardiola
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has claimed the world is
waiting to “kill” him and his team, if they fail to get a good result in
Tuesday’s Champions League round-of-16 first-leg tie against Monaco.
Guardiola has never failed to reach the semi-final of the
competition and has won it twice with Barcelona. City’s last game ended
goalless with Championship side Huddersfield Town on Saturday and they
take on the free-scoring Ligue 1 side at the Etihad.
“All of Europe is going to watch us, to analyse us, to kill us
if we don’t win, to say how good we are when we win and that experience
is beautiful to me,” Guardiola said at his media conference.
“It is not easy to be here. I said many times, in the Champions
League the recent history is quite good but Manchester City were not
there for a long time. I want the players to enjoy this moment – because
it’s beautiful.
“People can think, ‘OK, it’s Man City, it’s English football,
the most prestigious football, the most media, the most advertising, and
you have to be here.’ But a lot of clubs, big clubs, are not here. We
have to see that we are lucky guys.
“I always played this competition this way, even at Barcelona
and Bayern where they had more experience of the competition. I still
thought ‘Wow."
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