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Vincent Kompany has brutal reminder for Man City over Champions League plan

Vincent Kompany warned that there may be more nasty surprises waiting for Manchester City in the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola's side have dominated English football over the past five seasons, going on to win a further two Premier League titles in the three years after Kompany left, making it four of the last five. They have never managed to land the Champions League in that time though, suffering three consecutive quarter-final exits before a defeat in the final and a heartbreaking semi-final loss.

Erling Haaland has been seen as a not-so-secret weapon to enable them to finally achieve European success, with the former Dortmund striker leading the goal charts in a competition he loves more than any other after lashing in five against RB Leipzig. Another three at the weekend put paid to Kompany and Burnley's hopes in the FA Cup.

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As Kompany pointed out though, the Blues have some outstanding achievements in the Premier League during this period and have been good enough to win the Champions League but just haven't been there in moments. Anyone hoping that the form of Haaland means this will finally be City's year has not been paying attention to recent exits.

"It’s not supposed to be straightforward - it’s the Champions League!" he said.

“I think any year under Pep, Man City has been capable of winning it but it’s a knock-out competition - it’s not over 20-30 games, like other competitions.

"So you’ve got to factor in form; everybody saw the Real Madrid semi-final, what happened at the Bernabeu. These kind of things, over the course of a season, you brush them aside but in those moments you’ve got to expect that those top teams are able to

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