Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo insisted yesterday that winning the Champions League is not “an obligation”.
For Pep Guardiola, that is probably just as well. For all the Spaniard’s brilliance in turning City into English football’s dominant force and raising the standards required to reach the summit of the domestic game to an unimaginable high, if European success were a non-negotiable, he would, by default, be out of a job.
