Manchester City defender Ruben Dias believes the side’s current difficult period will go some way towards defining their “legacy”.
Pep Guardiola’s team have been the dominant force in English football since the Spaniard arrived in 2016.
Under the former Barcelona boss, the club have broken numerous records and won 18 trophies, including six Premier League titles – the past four consecutively.
They also won their first Champions League trophy as part of a Treble-winning season in 2022-23.
However, they have struggled to maintain their imperious form this campaign, winning just one of their past nine matches across all competitions, and now face a key match against Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.
“Isn’t that the beauty of all of it? The fact that people are wondering about it [being the end of this team]?” Dias said.
“Football is just that. It doesn’t really matter how much you have accomplished in the past, how much you are going to accomplish, you are always going to be demanded more of. You are always going to demand more of yourself and always going to want more as well.
“The fact that people doubt is the one thing that brings you strength, the one thing that inspires you to be greater and greater.
“This is our legacy. More than the Treble or the four Premier Leagues in a row. All of it is spectacular but I do believe that the one thing that defines a legacy is how you reacted in the most difficult moment of your career.
“I am a true believer in those moments being the ones that define you. We embrace the difficult moments because those are the ones I personally will remember.”
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