Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are inching closer to becoming a force in the Champions League – but is still agonising over the shock defeat by Lyon.
The City manager admitted that the disappointing 3-1 quarter-final reverse in August continues to linger ahead of this season’s opener against Porto on Tuesday.
Guardiola has yet to take this team beyond the last eight in the competition and, although the fallout of the Lyon game remains a sore point, he talked up their chances this season.
‘Lyon was a tough moment, I felt so responsible,’ Guardiola said.