Pep Guardiola insists he's a better manager at Manchester City despite trophy-less first season

Defeat to Arsenal at the weekend in the second FA Cup semi-final means the Spaniard's first campaign in English football will end without any silverware

Pep Guardiola has enjoyed a frustrating first season at Manchester City (Getty)

Pep Guardiola insists he is a better manager now despite failing to win a trophy in his first season at Manchester City.

Defeat to Arsenal at the weekend in the second FA Cup semi-final means the Spaniard's first campaign in English football will end without any silverware.

Guardiola has enjoyed a glittering career thus far earning 21 honours across spells in both Spain and Germany and rejects talk that his reputation has been tarnished by his first year in Manchester.

"I am not a worse manager because I didn't win the title," he told Sky Sports ahead of the derby with Manhcester United this evening.

"I feel as though I'm a better manager than before because I learned a lot and am more experienced. I've learned to handle situations better than before.

"Normally when something happens for the first time you know why it is the first time, so for it to happen after nine years is amazing. That is what I learned from that - I tried but I was not able.

"In Spain there are fantastic teams that are not going to win anything this year but that is going to happen across Europe.

"I am expecting to have a long career as a manager and it will happen again one year. I am not at a club who have won a lot of titles like Barcelona, Bayern, Madrid, Inter, Juventus or AC Milan.

"So that's why you have to discover something new and you have to be better and better to win that amount of titles like United, Chelsea and Liverpool - clubs with more history than Manchester City.

"That is why I decided to come here, it's been a big lesson for me. That's why I think about what we have not done well and take the right decision to make a better next season."