Pep Guardiola said Tuesday it is “getting tougher” to win the Champions League as he targets a second consecutive treble with his all-conquering Manchester City team.
Defending champions City, unbeaten in 19 games in all competitions, take on Copenhagen in the second leg of their last-16 tie at the Etihad on Wednesday, with the cushion of a 3-1 lead.
They beat Manchester United on Sunday to move just one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and are through to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Newcastle.
But Guardiola played down talk of a repeat of last season’s heroics at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
“It’s better to be here having already won the Champions League but as I said it (the treble season) is finished,” he said.
“The only target is to try to qualify tomorrow for the quarter-finals,” he added. “We are far, far away, talking…
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