Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said that the team should use getting knocked out of the Champions League as a motivation to qualify for next season’s competition. City’s streak of reaching the quarterfinals for seven straight seasons between 2018-2024, was ended when they lost to Real Madrid in the Round of 16. “Of course it is motivation, yeah. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be fighting to qualify for the Champions League…. It’s in our hands, and of course Goodison Park and Villa is massively important. We don’t have much time. I enjoyed (this week’s Champions League) games, really nice games. I enjoyed it, I miss it of course, but I accept that,” Guardiola told reporters ahead of their match against Everton on Saturday. “Sometimes in sport you don’t perform well, don’t deserve to be (there). Hopefully next season we can be, dealing with the big clubs in Europe and challenging them better than we have done this season, what we have done in the last seven years. I take it in that …