It is 10 years since Pep Guardiola he last had his hands on the Champions League trophy. A decade where he has managed some wonderful players and teams playing a dizzying brand of football, but ultimately not delivered in Europe.
Few would have anticipated such a long wait after he won it twice in his first three years at Barcelona, last claiming it in 2011 with a breathtaking and systematic destruction of Manchester United at Wembley.
Followed by a surprise semi-final exit to Chelsea and a year's sabbatical, he moved to Bayern Munich who were then reigning European champions, but he couldn't repeat the feat in his three years in Germany.
There are plenty of critics who described his time at the Allianz Arena as a failure and many will same the say if he doesn't bring the Champions League trophy to Manchester City for the first time.
"People say, 'But you didn't win the Champions League'. That is why I will be judged, if we don't win it in my final period here, that I will be a failure here. I know that," Guardiola said in 2020.
“But I enjoy working with my players and my players still win a lot of games. Winning a certain way is what helps you to win the titles and we believe we can play that way. We will see at the end.”
With his contract expiring this season and no decision yet on a possible extension, we could be heading to the end and this could be his last chance at delivering European silverware.
Guardiola has had six attempts at European success and so far has come up short for varying reasons - sometimes because of bad luck, sometimes because of miscalculations and sometimes because of very poor performances.
Here's a look at how close he has come to delivering success in his previous attempts...