CITY STILL ALIVE WITH PROMISE OF HISTORIC FEAT
PEP Guardiola says his Manchester City “want more” as it marched into the Champions League semi-finals with the Premier League leader on course to win four titles this season.
Phil Foden’s second-half winner at Borussia Dortmund on Thursday sealed a 2-1 away win in the quarter-final second leg to claim a 4-2 aggregate victory and set up a semifinal clash with Paris Saint Germain.
Guardiola’s side stays on course for a historic quadruple of Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.
It also ended its miserable run of exiting at the quarter-final stage in three seasons to make the Champions League semis at the fifth time of asking under Guardiola.
“I am incredibly happy for this club, for this chairman and for the fans, everyone,” he said. “For all of us, it was necessary to get to the semifinals and now we want more.
“It’s time to celebrate and drink a lot of wine, then prepare to face Chelsea (in the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday).
“We need three victories to be Premier League champions, so it’s important to keep going in this way.”
Guardiola also heaped praise on City’s matchwinner Foden, who had also netted a 90th-minute goal in the first leg last week to seal a 2-1 home win.
“The second goal from Phil in Manchester was crucial,” Guardiola said. “You had the feeling he is a guy who never hides and he always creates something, he scored two important goals to help us reach the semi-finals.”