Manchester City is still 'far away' from Champions League gong, admits Pep Guardiola

London: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted that the football club is still "far away" from mounting a challenge for the Champions League gong, European club football's biggest prize.

Guardiola has acquired a reputation of at least reaching the semi-final stage of Europe's top competition in all his combined seven seasons in charge of Barcelona and Bayern Munich,, and therefore, Manchester City's loss to Monaco in the quarter-finals this year, has caused him disappointment and led him to introspect, reports Sport24.

The Manchester City manager believes there is much work to do if he is to replicate his past.