Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has rejected claims he's a "failure" after defeat at Real Madrid in their Champions League semifinal.
Guardiola revealed that he had not spoken to his browbeaten players following the bruising 6-5 defeat by Real Madrid and plans to address them on Saturday.
"We didn't speak with the players - no words can help for what all of us feel," he said. "It is just a question of time, sleep as well as possible and think of the next target.
"I have the feeling that the people from Abu Dhabi bought this club and invested in these incredible facilities and players - like a lot of other clubs in the world - not to just win the Champions League.
"Maybe I'm not good enough to help the team to do it. Nobody knows what would have happened with other players or managers.
"The club never asked me to win any title, they asked me to play as good as possible, to compete with all the teams in England and in Europe. It is completely the opposite to what people think.
"People say if this group of players won't win the Champions League they will be failures. I accept it. I completely disagree, in sport we know how difficult everything is but I accept it. I'm not going to make a debate about who is right or wrong.
"Now people say it's lack of character. Lack of character? What happens if Jack Grealish scores those two goals. What is the character? At Atletico Madrid when [Angel] Correa shot and Ederson saves, now it's character. When Correa scores it's not character.
"We were close - they know it, we know it - but what is important is we are going to try again next season, and then again, and in the Premier League. We have the Premier League in our hands.
"Now we are a bit sad but they will be memories, we lived them. Lifting trophies is so nice - but the difference between winners and losers is only small.
"We played better than Madrid but we are out. It's football, and that's the only explanation - 22 players moving with the ball, mistakes and at the end, after 210 minutes we are out. I will not judge my players, I'm not the person to judge them. They have to judge themselves."
