LEIPZIG, Germany — Pep Guardiola says his achievements will never be enough for some of his critics even if he wins the Champions League with Manchester City.
Guardiola has won a clean sweep of domestic trophies since taking over at the Etihad Stadium in 2016 but has not won the Champions League since lifting the trophy with Barcelona in 2011.
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He will start another campaign in the knockout rounds when City face RB Leipzig in Germany on Wednesday but the 52-year-old believes that for some people, he will always be a failure.
“I would say that if my career finishes tomorrow, literally tomorrow, I would be more than blessed and grateful for what I have done with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and here, in Europe and in other competitions,” Guardiola told a news conference at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday.
“I could never have expected to have the career I have had in a short time. Not just for the success we had, but also the way we play — I love it. I could not ask for more. We want to do our best and get to the quarterfinals but what is going to happen is going to happen. At the end, destiny is already written.
“Sometimes we have been close, sometimes not. I have the feeling that what we have done, all of us, is going to fail. Whatever I have done personally in the past or in the future, I am going to fail. Nothing will be enough.”
