Pep Guardiola Talks Manchester City Fans’ UCL Attendance, Sergio Aguero, More

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged Sky Blues fans to fill the Etihad Stadium on UEFA Champions League nights after Wednesday’s delayed 4-0 home defeat of Borussia Monchengladbach was played out in front of half-empty stands.

City fans have long had a muted response to the Champions League, but Guardiola told supporters to forget the past and said his side could only go far in the competition with their support, per PA Sport (via Sky Sports):

I was not here for what happened but they must forget what happened in the past. We are here to create [history] for the people to talk about our club.

Only what we can do is play every time better than before so people say, “wow, I spent 90 minutes there and I had fun. Next time I will be there”.

Today the stadium was not completely full so the only thing we can do is play good. We have to be so proud to play in this competition.

The people are listening to me so I am sure they are going to do that. I am going to work until the last moment to convince the people to come here to join us to see the Champions League games.

Our fans have to know we need them in the Champions League. We cannot make something good in the Champions League in the coming years without them.

Our players deserve the stadium completely full and hopefully against Barcelona and Celtic it is going to happen.

Undoubtedly one of the reasons the Eithad was not nearly full was because torrential rain forced the game to be postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday.

However, City fans have long had a lacklustre relationship with …

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