Guardiola has been a keen observer of the elite European competition since the Blues were eliminated at the knockout Phase play-offs by Real Madrid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI enjoy the games. They\u2019ve been nice games, Tuesday in Villa Park was a fantastic game. Dortmund as well against Barcelona. They\u2019ve been good games. Enjoy it and miss it of course, except I\u2019m a person I don\u2019t complain much what life gives me in the good moments and especially not in the bad moments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis is sport, sometimes you don\u2019t perform well and don\u2019t deserve to be there. Hopefully next season we can be there with the big clubs in Europe and challenge them better than what we have this season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cChallenge them like we have done in the last seven years like every season we were there. Even when we were out, we were competing well and keep going in that way. It\u2019s a motivation. It\u2019s not a bad thing to fight to qualify for the Champions League,\u201d Guardiola said in the pre-game press conference.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
City have won the Premier League title in the last four seasons, a record-breaking achievement, but this term they are battling to finish in top five places to secure a Champions League berth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rather than bemoan that change of circumstances, Guardiola is relishing the fight insisting the side could actually have been a lot lower in the table had it not been for their recent resurgence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe could be in a very lower position in the Premier League if you have done few good things in the last four or five months People say we are fifth now but could be 11, 12, 13 or 14. I have no doubts. Okay we\u2019ve not been good, but it\u2019s in our hands,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rather than bemoan that change of circumstances, Guardiola is relishing the fight insisting the side could actually have been a lot lower in the table had it not been for their recent resurgence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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