Guardiola: Man City clash with Real Madrid not about UEFA revenge | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City gain "satisfaction" from qualifying for next season's Champions League and not from overturning their Uefa ban.

City were given a two-year ban from European club competitions for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which was overturned on appeal.

City hold a 2-1 lead over Real Madrid heading into their Champions League last-16 second leg tie next month.

"This issue is over," said Spaniard Guardiola. "Uefa accused us of being not fair in our process.

"The rumours will always be there. They were always there in the past. It is not a situation that is now. It happened a long time ago.

"But we are happy because we showed to the world that we were clean and we have done properly what people asked. We know people talk about it. But it doesn't give us any more satisfaction.

"The satisfaction comes from on the pitch because we qualified for the Champions League next season. Liverpool and ourselves have done it.

"The other ones know how difficult qualification is from the Premier League. That is our satisfaction."