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Sorry Pep, but the pressure IS on to end your barren decade in Europe: Guardiola hasn't won the Champions League since 2011 and his critics will scoff at claims of his greatness if he fails to land the big one with Man City

A Champions League semi-final always carries huge significance regardless, but, no matter how much he downplays it, for Pep Guardiola this could be truly defining for his managerial legacy.

Manchester City travel to France on Wednesday night to take on Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg at the Parc des Princes.

A mouthwatering occasion already, the tie has the extra spice of it being Guardiola's first Champions League semi-final appearance with City at the fifth attempt.

His previous four seasons at the Etihad in European football saw a last-16 exit (2016-17) followed by three straight quarter-final defeats (2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20).