Neither Manchester City’s past failures in Europe nor their domestic success will have any bearing on Saturday’s Champions League final, manager Pep Guardiola said on Tuesday as he urged his players to focus on their own performances.
Guardiola has won five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and four League Cups at City but European success has eluded the manager who won the trophy twice as Barcelona head coach.
“In that time, when we played the final of the Champions League, we had an incredibly good season in the Premier League. So, we were playing really, really good that year. Quite similar to now. There’s not much difference. Maybe for the fact that we are there again. And I’ve always had the opinion that in one match if you arrive to the finals, maybe one day you will be lucky, and you can win it. So, it’s difficult to just arrive once in your lifetime and win it.
“What we are trying to do in the next few days is try to understand how to play with a lot of difficulties as it is not easy to attack the defensive system Inter use,” Guardiola said.
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