The Premier League side were dumped out of the tournament after a shock 4-3 loss to Saudi side Al-Hilal after extra time on Monday (30.06.25) and the coach has already turned his attention to the beginning of the new domestic campaign in August.

Guardiola said: "We would have loved to have continued. [You are] only here once every four years. We had a feeling that the team is doing well, but we go home and now it's time to rest and rest our minds for the new season.

"The vibe was really good. I cannot thank Manchester City enough and especially the players for training and how they have been playing. The margins are minimal."

The Spanish manager conceded that City had not been "clinical" enough in the match as they passed up several good chances to score in the first half but was pleased with his team's overall performance levels during the tournament.

He said: "In the end we have to score and be clinical. They did not create much in the first half, we did but could not finish it. I had a feeling we could go through. We allow them to make transitions [but] we created a lot.

"So many good things I did not see in the past. The relationship between the players, our captain [Bernardo Silva] helped a lot and the standards with staff.

"I felt we were happy here, the training sessions have been really good but the level of this competition is the World Cup."