page_title: History of Manchester City F.C. (2001–present)
section_title: In Europe under Guardiola
hierarchical_section_title: History of Manchester City F.C. (2001–present) / Revolution (2008–present) / Guardiola era (2016–present) / In Europe under Guardiola
caption_attribution_description: English: Manchester City FC
context_page_description: This page chronicles the history of English football team Manchester City Football Club in further detail from 2001 to the present day. See History of Manchester City F.C. for a history overview of Manchester City.
  The 2001 to 2011 history of the club has been marked by stability, with the club establishing itself as a Premier League regular since 2002. The club was taken over in 2007 by Thaksin Shinawatra, who invested a considerable portion of money into the club with Sven-Göran Eriksson. After being arrested for political corruption in the summer of 2008, Shinawatra had to sell the club to an Abu Dhabi Investment Group.
context_section_description: In the first season under the reign of legendary Pep Guardiola hopes were high for Manchester City as they progressed to the knock-out phase after finishing second in the group that featured Guardiola's former team, Barcelona. City lost their away match to Barça  0–4, but then rebounded to win 3–1 at home. In the Round of 16 City were drawn with Monaco and were expected to progress to the quarterfinals. The Blues were trailing 1–2 and 2–3 in their home match before scoring three unanswered goals and winning 5–3. In the away game, the Cityzens were down 0–2 when Leroy Sané scored and seemingly brought the ticket to the quarterfinals to Man City, but Tiémoué Bakayoko's late goal meant that Monaco progressed further and City were eliminated. 
  2017-18 season was an undoubted success for the Blues domestically, but their European campaign was quite underwhelming. The team confidently won 5 games at the group stage and qualified for the knock-out stage, where it defeated FC Basel. The Cityzens were drawn with fellow Premier League side Liverpool in the quarterfinals. The outcome of those games was an utter devastation as Manchester City were thrashed 5–1 on aggregate and eliminated. The Premier League title where City achieved 100 points was somewhat a consolation for this anticlimactic European campaign.
  Everyone expected Man City to do well in their 2018–19 Champions league campaign. The team again won their group without breaking a sweat and then destroyed FC Schalke 04 in the Round of 16, winning their home game with a record 7–0 scoreline. Similarly to the previous season, Manchester City were drawn against an English club in the quarterfinals, this time Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues dropped their away game 0–1, with Aguero missing a penalty. The home game was all-or-nothing for the Cityzens and it proved to be one of the best games of that season. Sterling scored in the beginning, but then City quickly conceded two goals and now needed to score three. They did exactly that, leading 4–2 twenty minutes before the end of the game, but Llorente's head goal meant that Man City were again required to score. Finally, in the added time Sterling converted a pass from Aguero and the entire stadium started celebrating what seemed to be a certain victory. However, the goal was disallowed after a VAR replay, and the Blues were eliminated in a heartbreaking fashion. Manchester City swept all their domestic tournaments that season, but were still ridiculed by other fans for their underperformance in Europe.
  Acknowledging that City would be judged by their Champions League performance after all, Pep Guardiola said that the new season's main objective would be to win the European title. The Cityzens progressed to the knock-out phase and faced old foes Real Madrid there. Man City won the away game 2–1, but the remainder of the tournament was indefinetely postponed due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Finally, UEFA announced that the tournament would be resumed in August 2020. After 8 domestic trophies were clinched with Guardiola, fans eagerly await the team's first European title since 1970. The home match against Madrid was scheduled for August, 7. Thanks to a brace from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, the Citizens once again defeated Madrid 2–1, achieving a 4–2 victory on aggregate and advancing to the quarterfinals. Man City will face Lyon on 15 August.
caption: Manchester City line-up against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League, on 26 September 2017.
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