Man City’s record comes to a head: Pep Guardiola urges his team to learn from Celtic lesson

Spanish manager expresses hope his players would learn their lesson after losing their 100 per cent season record in a spectacular 3-3 Champions League draw

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Celtic’s Moussa Dembele (C) scores the first goal during their incredible 3-3 draw in the Uefa Champions League group C match against Manchester City. Photo: EPA

Published: 9:34am, 29 Sep 2016Updated: 8:14pm, 29 Sep 2016

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed hope his players would learn their lesson after losing their 100 per cent season record in a spectacular 3-3 Champions League draw at Celtic.

Aiming to equal Tottenham Hotspur’s English record of 11 straight wins at the start of a season, City had to come from behind three times to earn a point in Wednesday’s group C clash in Glasgow.

City reached the semi-finals under Manuel Pellegrini last season, but not for the first time, Guardiola pointed to their current shortcomings as a sign of their callowness in continental competition.

Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (C) in action against Celtic. Photo: EPA

“This club was 25, 26 years without playing in Europe and last year was the first time to go further than the quarter-finals,” he told reporters at Celtic Park.

“So that will be a good lesson. Europe is special, teams are so strong. It doesn’t matter where. The opponent here, Celtic, is an amazing environment, with the fans, and we knew that.

“We had many, many chances to win the game. We scored three goals in Europe away and we created three or four more clear chances.