Sergio Agüero believes Manchester City have the experience to make a serious challenge for the Champions League after the club reached the last 16 in the past two seasons.
City play Juventus in Turin on Wednesday having already qualified for the knockout stages with two matches left in Group D.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side were eliminated in the last 16 each time by Barcelona but Agüero said: “The first times were difficult, the nerves, the expectations, but now most of us have enough experience. We have very good players who are going to do a lot for us and I think we are on the right path. There is still a lot of time to achieve things.
“It’s like I said before: since I arrived here the draw in the Champions League has been very tough on City and we have always drawn great teams in the group stages, teams which got to the semis or the final. But we have to be prepared for that – in the last few Champions Leagues we have maybe not had the experience, maybe some players did not know what it was to play in the Champions League.
“The Champions League is the most important competition in the world, isn’t it? The good thing is that the Champions League is every year, so every year you can do your best to win it, and every football player wants to do that.”
Vincent Kompany’s calf injury and David Silva’s ankle problem are expected to rule them out against Juventus.
