The trainer of the Manchester City did not doubt this Wednesday in accepting the favouritism of the 'citizens' to win the current edition of the UEFA Champions League, afterwards to surpass in the gone of the eighth of final to the Borussia Mönchengladbach in condition of visitor by 0-2. The triumph the nineteenth in row of the English team, that only is missing him win the maximum European competition to form part of the club of the big of the old continent. If embargo, looked to to Germany, curiously.

"When I see how it played the Bayern the Tuesday, do not create it (be favourite). It is a big challenge recover to the players and ensure that they are in the best possible conditions, but if the people wants to say that we are favourite, is well, will accept it", signalled Guardiola to 'BT Sports' after the party contested in the stadium Puskás Aréna, of Hungary.

Although it valued the good performance of his directed, recognised that the definition and the forcefulness are tasks more than slopes to be able to trascend in Europe: "The one against one of Gabriel Jesús against with the goalkeeper with 0-1 (...) In this competition have to be perfect to ensure you that raisins", sustained the one of Santpedor.

"We need offensive midfield players to attack the area and he did it. It has to improve in occasions and take risks in some positions, but is very intelligent. It gives us something special and has a good physicist", said that allusion to Bernardo Silva, the one who follows contributing his cause so much in the Champions as in the Premier League, where are leaders with 10 points of advantage on the Manchester United that leaves second.

The tug of ears of Guardiola

The warnings of Guardiola have to be taken very seriously, if the team wants to give the definite step and not repeating the history of past campaigns. Especially, the hard elimination in quarter-finals of the Champions past, instance in which they fell sorpresivamente against the Olympique of Lyon, conjoint Frenchman that won them in Lisbon (Portugal) by 1-3.