Clock ticking on Europe

“ANYTHING less than a Champions League semi-final is poor for them. Even a semi-final. If they go out at the semi-final, people will be expecting more.

“That is what Pep Guardiola creates at a club. At Bayern Munich he was the same. They p***ed the league and got to the Champions League and all of a sudden it was seen as a failure. He seems to be building that type of expectation at this club he is at now, and rightly so.

“City have got the best team in the land.

“The best team to watch, the best team on paper, the best team in the table. They are going to go close this year.”