Pep Guardiola issues Man City reality check        

Pep Guardiola issues Man City reality check despite Liverpool vs Arsenal title race bonus

Manchester City’s Manager Josep Guardiola during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Southampton FC at Etihad Stadium on October 26, 2024 in Manchester, England.

Pep Guardiola will settle down on Sunday afternoon to watch Liverpool take on Arsenal knowing his Manchester City side are top of the Premier League.

City beat Southampton on Saturday to leapfrog Liverpool at the top of the Premier League ahead of the leaders travelling to third-placed Arsenal on Sunday.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Aston Villa and Brighton moved up places in the top five but were both held and Guardiola says the results so far this season prove that nothing can be taken for granted – especially after seeing City given two tough contests against the bottom two sides in the last week.

“I will watch it,” Guardiola said of the clash between City’s two main title contenders on Sunday. “I prefer to be top than not be top but it’s not a problem. Look what happens today. Aston Villa drop points, Brighton drop points. Because it’s so difficult.

“We won in Wolves in the 95th minute. Today we had chances. We could have scored two, three, four. The expected goals is much higher. But I had to admit today was so demanding game for us.”

Guardiola went on to say that he likes to win in the manner of City’s tight victories against Wolves and Southampton, and his players know the importance of simply getting three points on the board over recording big scorelines every week.

In the build-up to this game, Josko Gvardiol said: “To be fair I would like to be 15/20 points away from them [Liverpool and Arsenal] but it’s not going to happen, we all know that. That’s why this is the best league in the world and the most interesting league.

“Whoever you play against it’s not easy, even the Wolves game some people would say that we struggled, there is no other solution, we can’t score a goal, we can’t do this or that… but everyone plays football and everyone has quality.

“This is the Premier League, all you need is three points. I don’t care about winning 5-0, 6-0 7-0, all I need is three points and that’s the thing.”

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