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Pep Guardiola is assured his Manchester City facet will safe an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title this season.
The champions stay agency favourites to retain their crown regardless of being held to three consecutive attracts by the hands of Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.
Yet their present type has prompted some observers to marvel if the group nonetheless retain the starvation to triumph once more after final season’s treble success.
Guardiola, nonetheless, has little question and has despatched out a robust message to rivals that there is no such thing as a complacency inside his squad.
“My feeling today is we’re going to win the Premier League,” stated the City supervisor at a press convention to preview Wednesday’s recreation at Aston Villa.
“If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we’re going to win it again.
“People don’t believe it already after three draws but we feel we’re going to do it again, knowing that it is not easy because no team has done it yet (won four in a row).
“The difficulty is there and was last season but, if you ask me today what I’m feeling, we’re going to do it again.”
Guardiola doesn’t even suppose his gamers want to use the sense of injustice from the controversial finish to Sunday’s conflict with Spurs – when Erling Haaland was denied the possibility to play benefit after being fouled – to gasoline them.
He stated: “We never use these kind of situations. Today the motivation is to try and do better.
“Sometimes decisions help you, sometimes they don’t. I learn that if you want to win something you have to do it much, much better than the opponents.”
City have been charged with failing to management their gamers by the Football Association following the stormy finish to the 3-3 draw in opposition to Spurs.
Quite a lot of the group, notably Haaland, surrounded referee Simon Hooper to protest after he pulled again play to award a free-kick. Haaland had felt play ought to go on after he had acquired up following a foul problem from Emerson Royal to launch Jack Grealish via on objective.
Haaland continued his complaints after the sport, going on to criticise Hooper in a social media put up, however the Norwegian isn’t going through any particular person motion from the FA.
When requested about this, Guardiola most well-liked to spotlight among the extra magnanimous feedback from his gamers in regards to the incident and defended their normal conduct.
He stated: “We’ve behaved incredibly this season in our not good results or decisions that are sometimes against us.
“When after the game, the comments from my players accepting we can do better is what I want to see from my team and my club.
“After that, we’ll accept all the decisions from the Premier League or whatever.”
City shall be with out Rodri and Jack Grealish via suspension at Villa Park whereas Jeremy Doku shall be assessed after struggling a knock in opposition to Spurs.
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