Pep Guardiola has been hailed as having a greater influence on Europe football than the late Joyan Cruyff.
Pep Guardiola sounds Liverpool FC warning after Man City reclaim top spot
21.04.2022 - 01:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City aces that they need to win six in a row to take a fourth Premier League title in five years - and anything less will hand it to Liverpool. The Blues reclaimed top spot by beating Brighton 3-0, just 24 hours after Liverpool's 4-0 hammering of Manchester United had seen them leapfrog into top spot.
City can consolidate that lead by beating Watford on Saturday, as Jurgen Klopp's team take on Everton in the Merseyside derby the following day. They left it until the second half to grab goals from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva to see off some strong Brighton resistance.
And Guardiola warned that any kind of let-up now will hand the advantage to their rivals, citing the 2018-19 title race, when Liverpool pursued them all the way to the last day. He also pointed out that the result meant the Blues have definitely qualified for next season's Champions League.
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"It happened years ago, we won 14 in a row to be champions, if we win all the games we will be champions," he said. "It depends on fatigue and injuries, it depends on the Champions League.
"It happened every season, one of the happiest days as next season we will be in the Champions League. People take it for granted but we have to be in the Champions League.
"When it happens mathematically it’s because we have done really well. If you ask every club, what is the target it is to qualify for the Champions League. We have done it again. once we got that we did really well so far and we know exactly what we have to do. The players feel it."
The win was also important after a goalless draw at Atletico Madrid was followed by a 3-2 FA Cup semi-final defeat by Liverpool, with City not
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