{"id":297211,"date":"2023-12-05T14:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297211"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:24:43","slug":"pep-guardiola-believes-man-city-will-win-the-premier-league-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-believes-man-city-will-win-the-premier-league-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola believes Man City &apos;WILL win the Premier League again&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Pep Guardiola believes Man City &#8216;WILL win the Premier League again&#8217; as he insists he&#8217;s not worried about Man City dropping points&#8230; and claims he hasn&#8217;t used Simon Hooper&#8217;s mistake as motivation ahead of Aston Villa clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday\u2019s 3-3 draw with Spurs stretched Man City\u2019s winless run to three matches<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pep Guardiola still believes his side will win a fourth consecutive league title<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City are vulnerable, but come the spring they will put on the afterburners. Leaders Arsenal must seize their moment now &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pep Guardiola predicted that Manchester City are on course to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s 3-3 draw against Tottenham stretched City\u2019s winless run to three matches and leaves them three points behind leaders Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs draw was overshadowed by a late, controversial reversal of an advantage played by referee Simon Hooper, with City charged by the FA for crowding the official in the immediate aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>But Guardiola insisted that he has seen enough in recent performances to suggest that his side will go onto make history come the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We never use these kind of situations,\u2019 he said. \u2018Today the motivation is to try and do better. Sometimes decisions help you, sometimes they don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78596699-12827665-image-a-32_1701782430121.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has predicted that Man City are on course to win the Premier League title again<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78596479-12827665-image-a-5_1701782083589.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s 3-3 draw with Tottenham stretched their winless run to three matches in the league<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78596783-12827665-image-a-37_1701782663028.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City are bidding to win an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve learned that if you want to win something you have to do it much, much better than the opponents. When you are level, it is not going to happen. We have to do much better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Try not to concede goals and try to play. My feeling today is we&#8217;re going to win the Premier League. If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we&#8217;re going to win it again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018People don&#8217;t believe it already after three draws but we feel we&#8217;re going to do it again &#8211; knowing that it is not easy because no team has done it yet [won four in a row].\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The difficulty is there and was last season but if you ask me today what I&#8217;m feeling we&#8217;re going to do it again.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>City do face a tough ask to make good on Guardiola\u2019s promise given the growing number of teams in this year\u2019s title race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78596615-12827665-image-a-6_1701782263394.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The champions face in-form Ollie Watkins and Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday evening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78528355-12827665-Manchester_City_have_been_charged_for_failing_to_control_players-a-3_1701781979688.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City were charged for failing to control players against Tottenham on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78528461-12827665-Haaland_took_to_X_formerly_Twitter_to_vent_his_frustration_after-a-2_1701781973034.jpg\" height=\"327\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland took to X (formerly Twitter) to vent his frustration after Sunday&#8217;s dramatic 3-3 draw<\/p>\n<p>They are at Aston Villa on Wednesday night, who have won all six of their home matches so far and lie fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola will be without the injured Jeremy Doku, plus suspended pair Rodri and Jack Grealish. City are set to re-jig their midfield, while Guardiola praised the club for their reaction to Hooper\u2019s mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve behaved incredibly this season,\u2019 he added. \u2018How we behaved in our not good results or decisions, even after the game the comments from my players accepting we can do better, is what I want to say from my team and my club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After that, we&#8217;ll accept all the decisions from the Premier League or whatever.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/13\/78080051-12827665-Mail_Sport_has_launched_a_campaign_to_stop_the_abuse_of_referees-a-1_1701781951183.jpg\" height=\"291\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport has launched a campaign to stop the abuse of referees at all levels of the game<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12827665\/Pep-Guardiola-believes-Man-City-win-Premier-League-insists-hes-not-worried-Man-City-dropping-points-claims-used-Simon-Hoopers-mistake-motivation-ahead-Aston-Villa-clash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Pep Guardiola believes Man City &#8216;WILL win the Premier League again&#8217; 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