The premier
league giants, Manchester City took another step closer on Tuesday to the
one title that has eluded them – the Champions League by scoring 7 unanswered
goals to RB Leipzig in the return league at Etihad Sports Stadium.
Boss Pep
Guardiola says he will be judged on success in the competition but does this
year represent their best chance of becoming European champions?
“There’s not an
outstanding team” in this season’s tournament says pundit Chris Sutton, while
football journalist Rory Smith feels the competition is “not as daunting” as in
previous years.
City, second in
the Premier League, has secured a place in the quarter-finals after winning their last-16 second leg at home to RB Leipzig
after a 1-1 draw in Germany.
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Of the teams
left in the competition, only Bayern, Napoli and Benfica are top of their
domestic leagues.
The closest they
have come to Champions League glory was when they reached the 2021 final, where
they lost 1-0 to Chelsea.
A late
fightback by Real Madrid prevented City returning to the final last
season, but in Guardiola’s first four seasons at Etihad Stadium they failed to
progress past the quarter-finals. City were upset by French sides Monaco and
Lyon, while suffering agonising exits against Premier League rivals Liverpool
and Tottenham, with the latter coming after VAR played a big role in the
outcome of a thrilling second leg at the Etihad.
In November,
Guardiola, who won the Champions League twice as Barcelona coach, signed a
two-year contract extension to 2025 and said he wanted “to stay and
continue fighting for trophies”
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