Pep Guardiola has hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s comments, claiming his Manchester City side are more alert to their failures than any other team in the Premier League.
Earlier this week, the Liverpool manager said it would be “the biggest joke in the history of football” to kick the Etihad side out of the Premier League, despite their four-game winless run following defeat by Aston Villa.
Klopp knows City’s ability to come back better than anyone and the German has seen his side reach a point twice under Guardiola (2019 and 2022).Responding to Klopp’s comments ahead of Sunday’s game against Luton Town, Guardiola said the scrutiny placed on City’s performance was “unfair” and “difficult to manage”.
“If we don’t win the Premier League, the only team that will fail is us,” Guardiola told reporters. “Overall, this is a great achievement regardless of the team. Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea can’t win everything, but that’s normal.
“The city has to win. It’s not fair. It is difficult to treat it every three days, every week, for years. “(What I did) is unusual, but their views are normal. Just look at the opponent you want to defeat.
It is always important to be there and we must continue to do so. “There will be bad times, so I don’t believe in high praise, I don’t believe in bad situations. The hardest thing in football and sports life is to win, win, win. “We’ve been doing this for years and we were major contenders to win it all and when we got to the semi-finals of the Champions League it was a huge disaster because it wasn’t at our level.
Whatever it meant to us, it didn’t matter to anyone else. are you feeling alright.”When asked how his side will fare against Liverpool and Arsenal, the City manager said: “I have a lot of confidence. I help the team. I don’t know how, but I’m helping the team come back. Is enough? I do not know. The candidate is too strong.
“Arsenal’s consistency over the last two seasons has been incredible and Liverpool are back. I knew that from day one. You have to take a step back to realize, “Okay, Pep, wake up, something’s wrong.””But we didn’t lose the Premier League. 6 points? good.
Arsenal’s consistency may be an issue, but it’s not the end of the world.”So we have to think positively and the players have to show me that they want to accept the challenge. That’s what I want to see. This is a good warning for me. If they don’t, the club will decide what to do. “At the end of the day, we have to get results,” he said.
