Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano admits a lot of the pressure is off the club.
Having won the treble last season, which included their first ever Champions League title, City have accomplished everything in the European game.
While Soriano states there is still a lot of desire within City to win even more trophies, the club does not have to prove anything to anyone at this stage.
After losing in Madrid [previous Champions League campaign] it was one of the worst days of our lives, we had 24 hours of drama," he told club media.
I tell people they can be miserable for 24 hours and in hour 25 we need to wake up, we need to move on and we need to think about the next game. That's what made us champions.
Now people say this season is going to be very tough because the bar is higher and people will ask you to win it again and I say 'no way it's just the contrary'.
We knew this Manchester City team was able to win the Champions League and we lost it and lost it and lost it, but now we won it and people are relaxed.
We're now in a better place, we're going to try to win again but we felt the weight on our shoulders of almost winning year after year."