Pep Guardiola is supremely confident that Manchester City will only become a better overall team.

City's hopes of winning silverware in Guardiola's first season in charge were dashed on Sunday when they were beaten 2-1 in extra-time by Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final.

Despite the disappointment, the Spanish manager was remaining upbeat as he looks ahead to next season with a stronger City squad.

"We make a good performance; we play like you have to play a final," he said at his post-match press conference.

"We did absolutely everything to play, like yesterday Tottenham.

"Congratulations to Arsenal and Chelsea to achieve the final.

"We will improve next season and be stronger.

"We make a good cup. All the games away against Premier League teams. We arrive here and we compete, create more chances than our opponent, and hit the post. It was a little bit similar like what happened in the season.

"The teams does not need to do a lot of things score goals [against us]. We have some problem to score but we play like we want.

"At the end we are sad today. Tomorrow we have to stand up and prepare for the games we have still to play."