Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his time at the club will ‘not be complete’ if they fail to win the Champions League.
Guardiola extended his contract with City to 2025 while the Premier League season was breaking for the World Cup.
City have won nine major trophies since he became coach in 2016 but they are yet to win any European silverware.
They came closest to winning the Champions League in 2021, but were beaten by Chelsea in the final.
Aside from the final defeat in Portugal, they were beaten by Real Madrid in last season’s semi-final, have exited at the quarter-final stage three times and started Guardiola’s tenure with a last-16 defeat by Monaco.
“It’s not the only one but I admit it’s the trophy we want and my period here will not be complete if we don’t win it,” said Guardiola.
“I will do everything in the time we have together but I’d say the same before. It’s the trophy we don’t have and we’ll try to do it. I have the feeling they’ll get it sooner or later.”
City have been drawn against German side RB Leipzig in the last-16 of this season’s competition.
This season, City are aiming to become only the fifth club to win the English title in three successive seasons and on Thursday they host Liverpool in the fourth round of the EFL Cup.
Guardiola has won that trophy on four occasions, putting him level with Brian Clough, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho as the most successful manager in the competition’s history.
