Pep Guardiola could achieve his fourth Premier League title in five seasons on Sunday with Manchester City, but he considers that reaching this title will be more difficult than the Champions League, a competition he has never had. won since 2011 when he was in charge of FC Barcelona.
City lead the Premier League with a one -point advantage against Liverpool and will be champions on Sunday on the final day if they beat Aston Villa at home. If so, this is the first time the ‘citizens’ have mathematically won a title at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola has now admitted that “we want to be in Paris” to play the Champions League final on May 28, but considers that winning a title after 38 games is more enjoyable because it is “more difficult.”
“Many weeks, in many games we struggle with injuries, good weather and bad weather, different situations. There has been success in recent years,” Guardiola said.
The Premier stolen by Liverpool
Pep came to City in 2016 and since he won his first Premier League in 2018, it only escaped him in the 2019-2020 season. “Liverpool were unstoppable that year and we weren’t good enough. The rest of us were there,” he recalled. “When you fight for the Premier League, you feel like you’re happy in the dressing room.”
Explaining his thesis, Guardiola assured that “we are happier in our lives when you win and win, it creates a good environment for training. It’s not just a match like in the FA Cup … it’s more about (competing) every day, that’s nice. ”
“Nervous? No way”
Pep said his team would face Sunday’s match as a “normal Premier League match”. “Anxious? Nervous? No way,” he replied, confident of maintaining his excellent run of results against Aston Villa since they were promoted to the Premier in 2019 (5 wins in 5 games).
When it was suggested to him that neutral supporters would prefer Liverpool to win the title, Guardiola said that would always be the case when a team has a record of success.
“Teams with more history have more followers. It’s happening in Spain, Germany, Italy. We were outsiders in the last decade,” argued Pep.
“Liverpool fans want to win, I’m not saying the whole country is Liverpool fans, but in general it’s a team with more titles,” Guardiola said a few weeks after launching the idea.
“Liverpool, (Manchester) United and Arsenal have a lot of history, we are new. So we feel it is a privilege and we will not waste this opportunity to enjoy 95 minutes,” Guardiola concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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