Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini hopes his message is being recognised by Adam Johnson.
The winger struck in last night's victory over Salzburg.
Mancini told City's website: "They must work hard all the time. The goals they scored against Salzburg were really good goals but that match is gone now and they must carry on working and improving as we are as a team.
"In years to come Adam may look back and think 'Roberto was correct'. I hope that he knows I say these things because I believe in Adam.
"I am glad we have qualified now so we can concentrate on the league my only disappointment was that we didn't score more goals in the first 20-25 minutes when we had many chances."