“I fear them and I don’t want to meet them In the champions league draw- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has named the club he fears to meet in champions league draw.
Pep Guardiola says: “Manchester City are still afraid of drawing Europe’s best clubs in the Champions League.”
But after seeing his team easily make it to the quarterfinals for the seventh year in a row, Guardiola told teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich that they should also be afraid of City. City beat FC Copenhagen 6-2 overall, including a 3-1 win away from home last month. On Wednesday, they won again at the Etihad to finish the sweep. The Blues manager didn’t think the game was easy.
Even though City is the defending champion and is going to the quarterfinals without a problem, the manager said he will be worried if Real Madrid, PSG, or Bayern are chosen to play them in the last eight next Friday. “If you play Bayern Munich, think about how many Champions Leagues they’ve won and how long they’ve been around.” We respect them all, and we’re scared too. He said, “I don’t know if they are, but we are.”
He did say that City’s track record in Europe shows how ready they are for another quarterfinal. Last year, they beat Bayern over two games and then easily beat Real in the semi-finals.
“I say to the players, maybe it’s not enough for you,” he said. “I always know how hard it is during the group stage that we go through.” Some say it’s just Copenhagen, which is fine. I think they’re great. It looks like getting a score of 6-2 is simple. No, it’s not.
“In the end, Madrid had to suffer to beat Leipzig.” People say it’s easy when we play Leipzig. It’s not simple; everything is hard. It’s good that people don’t question our style; that means our standards are clear. But we know the managers and stars inside out. I want my club and my leadership to make me feel like everything is so hard to understand. Because you are there. Still beating everyone else, that’s great.
“You need time, and they gave it to me.” It’s clear that we can lose now that we’re in this process. But we can fight anywhere since we’ve been to the final, the semi-finals, the final, and now the quarterfinals. That refers to how we act consistently in Europe. We have a lot of respect for our opponents, but we think they see Man City and think, “Okay, this will be a big battle too.”
