City's Guardiola: "Winning is good but to sustain for 10/11 months is so difficult"

Manchester City host Liverpool on Saturday and it will be one of the most eagerly awaited games of recent weeks. Guardiola's side will look for three points to threaten Arsenal for top spot.

However, they know the Reds will not make it easy for them as Klopp's team are merely hoping to climb into the top four after a troubled and trophy-less season.

Pep Guardiola held a pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's game and spoke about his expectations for Manchester City's future: "The reality is the next game otherwise [winning trophies] cannot happen. We have this game, a long week and then a tough schedule with many games.

"The most important thing is we are fighting for everything, three things [Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League], that is so awesome, so good. Winning is good but to sustain for 10/11 months is so difficult. Everyone knows if we win the game we are still alive. If we lose the game we will be out," he continued.

"But it’s good, it means we have done many, many good things in the good position. But when we arrive in the end, the semi-final of FA Cup, the Premier League, the situation we are in in the Champions League against Bayern Munich, you win we are alive, we continue. If not, au revoir and next season we will be back," Guardiola concluded.

 

March 31, 2023