Toure: Champions League title with City would be Pep’s best feat

Yaya Toure believes a Champions League title with Manchester City would be the most impressive achievement of Pep Guardiola’s esteemed career.

The Citizens are set to face French side Monaco on Wednesday for a place in the last-eight, already boasting a 5-3 first-leg lead after a quite spectacular match at the Etihad Stadium last time out.

It’s a situation in which Guardiola already boasts a wealth of experience, two-time Champions League winner with Barcelona, also looking after the Bayern Munich side that missed out in last season’s semi-finals.

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But for Toure, the best is still to come from the Spanish manager, with a chance of leading City to that particular piece of silverware for the first time – something which the Ivorian believes will be his biggest asset to date.

“I think this could be Pep’s biggest achievement,” said Toure. “It is his biggest test. But this guy likes challenges – and so do the players. So it is good.

“This team is so young. We already had good ­players, but now Pep brings in young players and that is so demanding for him.

“But it is starting to feel like something big is ­happening at City. The fans feel it, everyone feels it.
“We are getting a winning mentality in Europe and playing very well.

“When we play like we did against Monaco, we come close to the great teams like Real Madrid, ­Barcelona and Bayern. We cannot dream about anything yet because we still have a second leg to play.”