Pep Guardiola says English teams are always at a disadvantage in Europe, but insists Manchester City can end their Champions League hoodoo.
‘Every season this league has a disadvantage with the rest,’ Guardiola said. ‘Not just in this Covid year.
'Even when the situation is normal there are no winter breaks, a lot of games, a lot of competitions, intensity, the weather conditions, the pitches — many, many things.’
City and Guardiola went soul-searching after the galling 3-1 quarter-final defeat by Lyon in August.
And Guardiola broke with his normal convention by predicting that City would go far this time.