NOT WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WITH BAYERN NOT A FAILURE SAYS GUARDIOLA

Bavarian manager Pep Guardiola insists he would not judge his time at the Bundesliga club as a failure if he does not achieve European success this season.
The Spaniard, who take over at the helm in Manchester City in the summer, has led Bayern to back-to-back Bundesliga titles, as well as to the DFB Pokal, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
"I'm not dependent on winning the Champions League," he said at a press conference in Turin ahead of Bayern's first leg with Juventus in the round of 32 on Wednesday. "Of course I want to win it, but thanks to Bayern I now speak German, my daughter speaks German, I've worked at a fantastic club and learnt a new culture.
"Now I'll move to another country simply for that reason. I will aim to win as many games as possible, but if I don't win I might be incomplete in the eyes of some people. But if you ask how my time at Bayern was then I would say it was only positive."

"We tried in these two years, but in the first semifinal we were beaten by Real Madrid in the first 45 minutes because they were stronger than us, then we were not prepared as a team for the last one," he said. "Maybe we had eight or 10 players out and then it's almost impossible to beat Barcelona.
"People sometimes forget there's not only Juve, Bayern or Barcelona -- there are many good teams with good coaches, all aiming for the same result. Some do it and some don't, but it's how you do it which matters. I'll then leave it up to the fans, club and journalists to say whatever they think."
The Catalan concedes Bayern will be up against it when they face Juve, given their recent injury problems.
"Yes we have problems, but what can we do?" he said. "We hardly have any players. We don't have any central defenders and this is the way it is.
"We'll try to play well and score a few goals, which won't be easy because they have not been conceding, but we want to take the tie back to Munich with a chance of progressing. You can rest assured that we want to try to play a good game."