Pep Guardiola has insisted his time as manager of Manchester City will “not be complete” if he fails to win the Champions League.

Guardiola has won nine major trophies as City’s manager, including four English Premier League titles. However, he has not yet brought the most prestigious trophy in European club football to the Etihad Stadium.

The 51-year-old led Barcelona to two Champions League titles when he was the club’s manager. As a player for Barcelona, he won the European Cup in 1992.

But during his six full seasons at City, the Spaniard’s best finish in the competition came in 2021, when Chelsea beat Premier League rivals City 1-0 in the final. City finished second in the competition that year.

Guardiola, whose City contract was extended last month until the end of the 2024/25 season, wants to bring the club its second major continental trophy after the European Cup Winners’ Cup, which no longer exists.

“It’s not the only one but I admit it’s the trophy we want, and of course my period here will not be complete if we don’t win it,” said Guardiola of the Champions League.

“That’s not the only reason I extended the contract, absolutely not, but I will do everything in the time we have together, and we are going to try — but I’d say the same as we tried before.

“It’s the trophy we don’t have and we’ll try to do it.

“First of all, I want to say thank you for the confidence they have in me,” he said. “It will be difficult to repay the confidence they have shown me in these many years. It was difficult for me to reject them.

“We will continue to try to do our best. I don’t have enough words to express my gratitude to this club for having me here.”