Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini concedes his side are not ready to be considered serious Champions League contenders.
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The Citizens saw their debut out in Europe's elite club competition last season come to an end at the group stages, while this season the side are on the verge of suffering the same exit as they sit bottom of Group D.
City next face Ajax on Tuesday in what is a must-win for the Premier League champions, but Mancini appears to have already accepted their fate this season.
"I don't think that we are ready to win the Champions League," Mancini said. "If we say this, we are not honest.
"We are a good team. We are not ready like the other teams.
"Chelsea tried for 10 years to win the Champions League. They were probably the best team in Europe for 10 years and they won it after 10 years, probably when they didn't deserve to.
"They deserved to win it three or four years before. The Champions League is like this.
"If we are very good, we are fantastic, we win the next three games, everything can happen. But, before, the way is very long."
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