Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he sees his team winning the Champions League with ease as they start their 2024 campaign against Red Star Belgrade Tuesday.
City won their first title under Guardiola last season after six years of trying by berating Inter Milan 1-0. And according to Guardiola there is every posibility there retain the title.
“It’ll be easier. The most difficult to win is the first one. It is incredible for us but it is just one.”
“Tomorrow is the first step. We will try and get the first three points.
“It’s important the players don’t feel relaxed. For our club to win the Champions League is incredible but in perspective how many [clubs have] won one Champions League? A lot.
“We haven’t done anything special with just one, but we are incredibly proud.”
City also won the Premier League and FA Cup to seal a treble last season but despite that success England defender Kyle Walker said there was no shortage of motivation in the squad.
“It’s our job [to be motivated]. We’re at a massive club for a reason,” he told reporters.
“It comes from within that you have to keep going and be motivated. The manager wants to win more, he doesn’t settle for second and we need to follow in his footsteps.
“What we’ve done is in the past now, it’s a new season. The manager drew a diagram and had us at the bottom of the mountain and we have to climb it again. Going again is what separates good teams from great teams.”
