Pep Guardiola defends his players after FA charge and insists stuttering Man City will win the Premier League title

Man City face Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday having dropped to third place in the table following draws against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham; Pep Guardiola: «My feeling today is we are going to win the Premier League»

Tuesday 5 December 2023 18:48, UK

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Pep Guardiola is adamant Manchester City will retain the Premier League title despite a run of three consecutive draws which has left them three points behind leaders Arsenal.

Guardiola's side suffered their latest setback on Sunday when Dejan Kulusevski's late equaliser secured a 3-3 draw for Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium, after which the club were hit with an FA charge for failing to control their players.

Guardiola defended the behaviour of his players in his press conference ahead of Wednesday's trip to Aston Villa and insisted he remains confident that Manchester City will triumph in the title race.

Asked whether City could use the controversy of the Tottenham game as motivation, Guardiola said: «No, I never use these kinds of situations. Today, the motivation is to try to do it better. Sometimes the decisions help, sometimes they don't.

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»I learned from where I come from that, if you want to win something, you have to do much, much better than your opponents.

«When you are level, you always have the feeling that it's not going to happen, so you have to do much, much better. This is what you have to do.

»My feeling today is we are going to win the Premier League. If you ask me, we are going to win the Premier League. If we play at the level we played against Liverpool and Tottenham, we are going to win it again.

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