MANCHESTER - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes the English champions are still not strong enough at either end of the field to count themselves as realistic contenders to win the Champions League for the first time.
"We miss a lot of chances in the final third and we have to do that, to be clinical. When the people say about the Champions League being the target, we are still not ready," said Guardiola, whose side have won their opening two Champions League games and host Atalanta at the Etihad on Tuesday. City have been beset by injuries in defence and suffered shock defeats to Norwich and Wolves in their opening nine Premier League games.
"When you play good, you defend less. When our build-up is bad, when you don't play good, you concede a lot," he added.