NEWS. . . BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Pep Guardiola has suggested his Manchester City side are in a position to “triumph absolutely above everything” as they head to Liverpool for a clash of names.
The champions will travel to Anfield on Sunday for a match that may have a huge influence on the fate of the Premier League crown.
Most likely, the atmosphere will be intense with all the tension this can bring, for the players and especially for the referee, but Guardiola hopes his team can overcome all that.
“When this happens, we’re going to have to do better,” the city manager said. “We can’t understand what’s going on in those stadiums with the referees.
“We have to do better. That’s the only thing we can do. It’s not the first time and it may not be the last. “
“We have to triumph over those conditions and, to achieve the greatest feat, to fight for the fourth Premier League in a row, something that no team has ever done, is the kind of challenge we have to face: to succeed with confidence. “all. .
“Otherwise, in this case it will be difficult to win on Sunday. But whatever happens, I’m pretty confident we’re going to succeed. “
“And whatever happens, we still have a lot of games to play. It’s a really vital game for the title, but I have the feeling that a lot of things are going to happen. “
Guardiola refused to be dragged into a pre-match war of words after Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold claimed to have won more trophies for the Merseyside club than City.
Guardiola insists that what other people outside the club have to say has no impact.
He said: “We have public paintings and paintings can’t be done without the recommendation of outside people, so that’s normal.
“There are smart ones and bad ones, it’s not a problem. We have to live with it, we have to face it, otherwise you can’t be in this world.
“But in the end, against the ropes, we know who we are, what we have to do. “
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