Man City boss Pep Guardiola explains why Liverpool FC are so difficult to beat

straight to your inboxHere are the latest Man City evening headlines for Tuesday August 18.Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has encouraged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the transfer market.Guardiola crashed out of the Champions League against Lyon last week, and is still to reach a Champions League final since departing the Spanish giants.

straight to your inboxSpain and Barcelona legend Xaxi Hernandez has urged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the summer transfer market by securing marquee additions.City endured a disappointing campaign last term, finishing 18 points adrift of Liverpool in the Premier League and suffering a Champions League exit at the hands of Lyon.A host of names have been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium this summer and Xavi believes that three players are needed in particular.However, he's set

straight to your inboxDavid Silva has issued praise to all three of the managers he played under at Manchester City, in his final interview before leaving the club.Silva was brought to the Etihad by Roberto Mancini, before seeing Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola also take the City hotseat in the last decade.As he prepares to leave City for a new challenge, Silva told City TV that Mancini made a strong effort to try and sign him while he was still a Valencia player."He used to call me quite

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that the team will discuss what went wrong in a hotel meeting after their Champions League crash against Lyon. The Manchester City manager was asked about Raheem Sterling ’s astonishing miss – which would have made it 2-2 – but Guardiola appeared to broaden it out into a post-mortem on the whole performance, which was littered with errors.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola refused to comment on the VAR decisions that went against Manchester City during their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon.Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for the French side in the first-half before Kevin De Bruyne finally levelled proceedings after the interval.City should have been ahead but Raheem Sterling missed an open goal from five yards out which sparked a counter-attack from Lyon.Moussa Dembele raced clear and appeared to trip Aymeric

straight to your inbox Injury updates on Sergio Aguero were seen as being of key importance as Manchester City prepared to take on Real Madrid. But Pep Guardiola hinted that the Blues legend might not have played even if he had recovered from a knee injury he picked up shortly after the Premier League re-start.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola admitted he got his tactics wrong during the first half of Manchester City's win against Real Madrid in the Champions League.The Spaniard made four changes to the side that defeated Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu back in February.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that beating Real Madrid twice is an important step in preparing Manchester City to win the Champions League. But if beating the 13-times winners home and away has strengthened the Blues’ mentality and self-belief, the Blues boss says they quickly have to put it into perspective.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero’s fight to make the final stages of the Champions League – if Manchester City get there – is looking increasingly difficult.

It was revealed this week that Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane had been named the world's best manager ahead of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp by French magazine L'Equipe. On the French coach, they said: "He is a coach who has experienced only one club, and quite rarely defeat.

straight to your inboxThe summer transfer window is now open, and Manchester City look set to be pretty active.City will be looking to make some new acquisitions this summer as they look to mount a challenge to wrestle the Premier League title back from Liverpool's grasp next season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that Ederson gets the credit he deserves from within the Manchester City camp, even if his ability is not always recognised more widely. The Brazil international made three important saves to keep his 16th clean sheet of the season – and clinch the Premier League ’s Golden Glove award as Burnley’s Nick Pope conceded twice on the final day.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has expanded on his role in the Manchester City squad, revealing that manager Pep Guardiola trusts him to organise the team on the field.De Bruyne says he does not speak to Guardiola much over tactics as they share a similar philosophy, as he explained how Guardiola has changed City's approach from top to bottom in the last four seasons."He lets me be myself a lot of the time," De Bruyne told Soccer AM.

straight to your inboxFormer England striker and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has responded after Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola's comment about Jordan Henderson winning the FWA Player of the Year award.The Liverpool captain was named this morning as the Football Writer's Association Player of the Year for the 2020/21 season after leading the Reds to their first league title in 30 years.That led to some supporters on social media suggesting there was a bias towards Liverpool players,

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says that Kevin De Bruyne ’s brilliance speaks for itself, after the Manchester City ace was snubbed for the Footballer of the Year award. The Blues midfielder finished as runner-up to Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in the poll, conducted by the Football Writers Association.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola backed Rodri for a big future with the club after the midfielder earned praise during Manchester City's 4-0 win at Watford. It has been a promising debut season from the 24-year-old faced with the daunting task of filling Fernandinho's role in what has been a challenging campaign where the team collectively have simply not been able to perform as consistently as is required to win the Premier League.

straight to your inboxLeroy Sane insists his relationship with Pep Guardiola is good, as he discussed his reasons for leaving Manchester City.Sane joined Bayern Munich earlier this month for an initial €49million, in a deal that could rise by €11million in add-ons.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said he has little respect for Arsenal's actions off the pitch as the bad blood between the Gunners and Manchester City continues.The relationship between the two clubs has occasionally boiled over since the Blues were taken over more than a decade ago, with the number of players swapping the Emirates for the Etihad and Arsene Wenger's public comments about City's spending adding to the tension.There have also been specific issues this season.