Pep: Maybe I'm not good enough to win CL with Man City!

Pep Guardiola has said he may not be good enough to win the Champions League with Manchester City after they were knocked out by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Real Madrid produced a dramatic late comeback at the Bernabeu to send Guardiola's side crashing out of the Champions League and deny them a second consecutive final.

It leaves City still searching for a first Champions League trophy, while Guardiola last tasted success in Europe's elite competition with Barcelona in 2011.

But Guardiola says the owner, Sheikh Mansour, has not invested in City solely for European success.

Asked if this group of players can win the Champions League, Guardiola said: "It's a question I cannot answer - football is unpredictable.

"The owners didn't buy this club and invest in these incredible facilities just to win the Champions League, they did it to be there in all competitions, every season.

"We want to [win the Champions League], maybe I am not good enough to help the team to do it. Nobody knows what would happen with another manager and other players.

"The people say if this group of players or Guardiola don't win a title, then they're failures, I completely disagree. We know how difficult everything is."

Asked if he is now hungrier to win trophies, he added: "No, I am always starving. I cannot spend a year just thinking about how happy I am. If we had won the Champions League it would be the money we spend, not how hard we work.

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"The players don't realise now but it's [losing] a gift for us. I'd love to win the Champions League and be in the final but we have to be better from what happened in Madrid."

Guardiola said he had not spoken to his players