The fourfold is still on.
Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday. Presently Paris St-Germain, with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar et al, disrupt the general flow of a first Champions League last debut.
City are on course to win the Premier League, are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and will challenge the Carabao Cup last not long from now. Chief Pep Guardiola has called their accomplishments "inconceivable" as they attempt to make history by winning each of the four prizes in a season.
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'It isn't history, however we begin to construct it'
"I'm unfathomably glad for this club, for this director and for the fans, everybody," Guardiola disclosed to BT Sport subsequent to seeing his side seal arrive at the Champions League semi-finals for just the subsequent time.
It is the main they will play in under Guardiola, having lost to Real Madrid in Manuel Pellegrini's last season in control in 2015-16.
"It is the second time in the semi-finals, so it isn't history in the club, yet we begin to assemble it," proceeded with Guardiola, whose side played with end on away objectives after Jude Bellingham's opener on Wednesday, prior to fixing the tie through a Riyad Mahrez punishment and Phil Foden's completion.
"We were splendid, aside from the initial 10 minutes where they were acceptable.
"I'm inconceivably glad to be in the semi-finals, to be outstanding amongst other four groups in Europe, to be against huge, solid groups and we will attempt to be acceptable."
He added: "Presently, I would prefer not to think briefly about PSG. I need to celebrate. Supper with the staff and the group. I don't realize which wine, it will be a decent wine without a doubt."
Midfielder Gundogan proceeded on the subject, saying: "It implies a great deal truth be told, this club and this group merit it. We are thankful for being in an extraordinary rivalry and arriving at the semi-finals interestingly with this group.
"Today by and by we showed character. We didn't play well at all in the initial 15 minutes, we battled and we weren't sufficiently bold and were terrified to lose something.
"We realize how extreme this opposition is. In each and every game, the adversaries are so troublesome, everybody has quality and this Dortmund group has quality and can beat anybody.
"It was tied in with remaining in the game, playing with disposition and character particularly at this phase of the opposition. We demonstrated we were prepared to battle for the semi-finals."
On City's craving to win the Champions League this season, he added: "Nobody needs to release this opposition. I surmise on the off chance that you ask Dortmund players, they feel something very similar. Everybody needs to prevail in this opposition, that is the reason it is more enthusiastically, everybody needs to win and be fruitful.
"In any case, in the event that you have the correct mentality, with quality in the crew and with the correct thoughts, at that point the odds of progress are high."
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