Pep Guardiola believes that City’s pulsating Premier League title tussle with Liverpool has helped push the defending champions to be the best we can be.
And the boss says the chance to lift what would be a fourth Premier League title in five years would amply demonstrate the way our battle for supremacy with Jurgen Klopp’s side has pushed us to our absolute maximum.
City resume our Premier League campaign at home to Newcastle United on Sunday as we return to action for the first time since last Wednesday’s agonising Champions League semi-final loss to Real Madrid.
With four games of the season remaining, City’s destiny is in our own hands. The Champions sit level on points with the Reds, following their 1-1 draw with Tottenham, with the advantage of a game in hand.
Asked at his pre-match press conference whether he feared our European exit could potentially cloud our remarkable domestic achievements in the eyes of some, the boss pointed to the way we had been pushed to new heights this term in the Premier League.
“When people say (to compare) the Premier League or Champions League, both are awesome. They are top,” Guardiola asserted.
“The Champions League is so nice, so attractive, so emotional.
“The Champions League is like when Sergio Aguero scores the 93:20 goal. The Champions League is like that in the quarter final, the semi-final and the final. It’s incomparable.
“The emotions – what they give the Madrid fans, I am jealous of. When Sergio scored that goal a decade ago, wow, what a moment. This is the Champions League.
“But, on the other side, the Premier League, I have said many times (it’s about) the work you do every day.
