2025-11-10 10:19:48
Pep Guardiola believes that his Manchester City team showed they are Premier League title contenders with their victory over Liverpool.
City trimmed Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table to four points after beating the Reds 3-0 in Sunday’s (09.11.25) clash and the coach believes that his side showed they are capable of challenging the Gunners for the title.
Guardiola – who took charge of his 1,000th game as a manager – said: “I said to the players, ‘Don’t do it because yesterday Arsenal didn’t win, do it because we believe in ourselves that we can play against the champions of England and show that we are ready to be there with them this season.’
“Today we proved it, we did it – especially in the first half.”
Guardiola warned Arsenal that there is still a long way to go this season and he feels that his team are showing signs of improvement.
The Spanish manager said: “Of course we cannot compare ourselves, they [Arsenal] are unbelievable. I think we are learning to play better against different shapes, man-marking or low blocks or deep that at the beginning we struggled a little bit to read exactly what we had to do. And like I said one month ago, I have the feeling that we are getting better.
“I said yesterday, the big teams, when you win, from my experience, when you arrive at the end of April, May, to win the titles is how much you grew up from September, October and every month. The teams who win are the teams who grow. And that I had a feeling that we are getting better.
“That means you are not going to set back in some games? Yeah, it can happen. But if we are consistent in the way we defend and the way we play and read a little bit better. After that it’s just body language, just passion and being to do it.”
Visit Bang Premier (main website)
