MANCHESTER, England -- Pep Guardiola seemed slightly annoyed on Wednesday when he said Manchester City are "apparently" not one of the favorites for this season's UEFA Champions League. It was an answer that hinted he suspects his team has already been written off.

Perhaps it will take more than a 2-0 win over 10-man Napoli -- who had Giovanni Di Lorenzo sent off in the first half -- to worry the likes of Paris Saint-Germain , Liverpool , Barcelona and Real Madrid . But if you're going to conquer Europe, beating the champions of Italy in your first game of the league phase isn't a bad place to start.

"I'm really, really pleased," Guardiola said after the match. "When it was 11 against 10 we made a really good performance against a team that has the DNA of the Italian

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