Other Managers Would Have Won Title – Ex-Top Flight Star Says Pep Guardiola Needs Champions League
Jamie Carragher believes Pep Guardiola's managerial reign at Manchester City will hinge on them winning the Champions League.
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Manchester City are looking to replicate the famous Manchester United side of the 1998/99 season by winning the treble of the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup.
They are currently locked in a title race with Arsenal with the latter being slight favourites to win it.
Guardiola’s side will face Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final and will take on Bayern Munich in the two-legged Champions League quarter-final.
The Manchester City manager admitted that the pressure of winning the Champions League is unfair on him and the club but Carragher does not agree.
He pointed out that Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini won league titles at Manchester City and any other top manager would have done the same in the last decade.
The former defender stressed that Guardiola was brought in to take the club to the next level and win the Champions League.
Carragher wrote in his column for the Daily Telegraph: “Guardiola recently acknowledged his City reign will be assessed on whether he brings the Champions League trophy to the Etihad.
“He seems to consider this an unfair and excessive demand. Sorry, but it isn’t.
“With respect, Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini were Premier League winners with City.
“Every top manager in the world would have been a league champion if appointed City coach in the last 10 years.
“Guardiola was not hired just to replicate that success.
“His Abu Dhabi owners expected him to take City to a higher plane.
“He has managed to do so with historic points totals and the domestic treble achieved in 2019, and by executing a football style superior to his predecessors.
“But Guardiola will not have delivered what he was lured to England to do until he lifts the European Cup.”
Manchester City have a big league game on Saturday when they will host Liverpool at the Etihad.
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