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If Man City don't win the Champions League we'll be failures like the last five years! - De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne believes Manchester City will be again written off as failures if they do not win the Champions League, despite their recent trophy haul.

City won every trophy available in England last season and have won the last two Premier League titles, accruing record points haul of 100 in 2017-18.

But success in Europe has so far alluded the club, with their 2016 run to the semi-finals the closest they have to come to lifting the trophy.

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On that occasion they were knocked out by Real Madrid, who went onto win the competition, and the two sides face each other again the last-16 of this year's competition, with the first leg on Wednesday.