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Manchester Evening News
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Simon Bajkowski

Ilkay Gundogan gives Champions League motivation to Man City teammates

Ilkay Gundogan wants Manchester City to use their experience of reaching the Champions League final for the first time to get there again next month.

Pep Guardiola's first signing as Blues boss was the only member of the squad to play in the showpiece event before last season, reaching the final with Dortmund in 2013 when they lost to Bayern Munich at Wembley. The German midfielder has been heavily involved in big games over the last five years, with Guardiola admiring his cool head under pressure.

City showed improved composure last year to overcome their tendency to collapse in the knockout stages, clinically ousting Dortmund and PSG in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively to make the final. However, after a bizarre selection decision from Guardiola not to select a holding midfielder the team were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea in Porto.

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