With Manchester City one victory away from yet another English Championship title, coach Pep Guardiola said he expects a “very difficult” game next Sunday against West Ham, a team that no longer competes in the table, as does Aston. Villa in the last round in 2022, when the ‘Citizens’ almost let the trophy slip away.
“We are in the best position. One game left, we depend on ourselves, we have to win a game to be champions. Everyone wanted to be in our place, for sure. Will it be easy? Certainly not,” Guardiola said in an interview this Friday .
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The coach said he has a “feeling” that it will be like against Aston Villa, City’s opponents in the last and decisive round of the 2021/2022 season, which the Manchester team defeated 3-2 after being 2-0 down. .
“We would like to be 3-0 up after ten minutes, but that’s not going to happen,” Guardiola said.
“I’m expecting a tough game” against West Ham at the Etihad Stadium. “Like Aston Villa two seasons ago, they are not competing at all, and we know what happened. We and our fans will have to be ready from the first minute.”
Manchester City overtook Arsenal and regained the lead in the English Championship with a two-point lead last Tuesday, with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham, in a postponed game from the 34th round.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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