Ilkay Gundogan has stressed his own personal confidence that Manchester City will be back to challenging for the Premier League crown as soon as next season.Pep Guardiola and his players concluded

The new-look league phase sees the top eight sides qualify for the knockout stages with those finishing between 9th and 24th entering a play-off round. The bottom eight teams are eliminated from Europe altogether. City won the competition for the first time in 2023 but have failed to get past the quarter-finals stage since then.