Pep Guardiola takes weird jibe at Liverpool: Can’t do 100 factors already
Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola has taken a weird jibe at Liverpool, saying that they will not be capable to get to 100 factors this season within the Premier League. Liverpool are at present main the Premier League desk with 57 factors after 24 video games. With 14 matches remaining, the utmost Arne Slot’s staff can get is 99 factors, 1 shy of the document set by Metropolis within the 2017-18 season.
Chatting with the reporters forward of the Newcastle United recreation, Guardiola mentioned that the competitors stage within the Premier League has gone up as all of the groups have improved their requirements over the previous few seasons. The Metropolis boss identified how Liverpool cannot attain 100 factors after their draw towards Everton.
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“I [spoke with] Gundo [Ilkay Gundogan] yesterday [I said], ‘Reply me a query. Two years in the past you had been right here, you had been one yr in Barcelona, you come again one yr. Did you [notice a] change [in] one thing within the Premier League?’”
“I mentioned, ‘Massively.’ Gundo, one yr he travelled, was with Barcelona one yr and are available again. It was totally different simply in a single yr.”
“Unbelievable and it’s true. The groups are a lot, a lot, significantly better in all departments. The individuals put together so properly. These are the requirements [that] we [have] dictated.”
“So Liverpool, have you ever seen Liverpool this season? Can’t do 100 factors already. Undoubtedly can not. 99, however not 100. And take a look at the season they’ve executed,” mentioned Guardiola.
‘Will not occur once more’
Guardiola went on to say that Metropolis’s 100-point season will not be repeated within the Premier League and it could be troublesome for the opposite groups to be in comparison with them.
“That made me the benchmark and [makes me] say, take a look at what we have now executed…”
“It won’t occur [again, 100 points], we might be irreplaceable. Will probably be so troublesome for them to check with what we have now executed.”
Metropolis have not been at their finest this season and discover themselves out of the title race in the mean time. Metropolis have 41 factors and are in fifth spot within the Premier League desk.
