Thursday, September 15, 2016

Guardiola pleads for City fans to embrace Champions League (The Associated Press)

Manchester City's manager Pep Guardiola takes a drink of water prior to the start of the Champions League group C soccer match at the Etihad Stadium between Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. The match was rearranged from Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions in Manchester. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Boos reverberated around a far-from-full Etihad Stadium as Manchester City's players lined up for the Champions League anthem before their group game against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Pep Guardiola already has achieved plenty during his short time at City - seven wins from his first seven games in charge is evidence of that - but there's a sizeable task that still needs fixing: Getting the club's fans to embrace the Champions League. Initially, it was because of disappointing early results, perhaps due to a bigger focus on winning the Premier League.


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