Guardiola rubbishes 'toughest battle' claim in stern reminder of City's success

Pep Guardiola refuses to compare having to qualify for next season's UCL to all his battles with Liverpool.

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00:00Yeah, it's true. But don't tell me about the toughest battles. We had in the past much

00:06more tougher than these ones. When you have to win 70, 60 or 70 games to win the Premier

00:12League, don't tell me it's not difficult. It was not a tough one. That is different

00:18because in the past, except the first season that we were together, one season that Liverpool

00:23was extremely strong and we could not compete with them, all the time we were there to fight

00:29for the Premier League and this is the first time, alongside the first season when I was

00:35here nine years ago, that we fight to qualify for the Champions League.

00:40OK, we have nine games left. We know exactly what we have to do. Five at home, four away.

00:44We have to win our home games and we are going to try.