Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has revealed that club owner Sheikh Mansour ordered them to win the Champions League this year ahead of their clash with Bayern Munich, Mirror reports.
Ever since he bought the team back in 2008 and investing about £1billion into rebuilding the squad, City have had a number of successes, lifting the Premier League two times as well as being crowned FA Cup and League Cup champions along the way.
However, the Blues of Manchester has been struggling to make a mark in the Europe, being knocked out of the group stages on their first two occasions and suffering a last 16 exit in their previous attempt.
“The club is asking us to win now, so that’s one thing,” said Kompany. “We’ve come so far in the last four years and we’ve been successful, but you always want to take it a step further.
“Let’s take it into context – we’re not favourites for this competition by any means, but we would like to compete and challenge. Before we won the Premier League it was more difficult to believe we could do it than with the Champions League.
“My experience of the Champions League is that it’s not more difficult to go to the end, but everything has to be perfect.
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