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Pep Guardiola has taken a blatant excavation in Liverpool, insisting that even the premiere leaders of the Premier League cannot match the record of 100 points of their Manchester City team.
City attributed the amazing account during the 2017-18 season in its first low-level Guardiola win and so far no team has been able to match or overcome it.
This campaign, the offer of the champions for a fifth crown of the successive league collapsed explosively and now follow the side of Arne Slot for 16 points.
But even if the reds exceed the line, they still will not be able to repeat the feat of the city.
“We took all records in England,” Guardiola said. 'Who would make 100 points now in modern football? I'm waiting. Or four in a row? I am waiting, with clubs like Bournemouth, Fulham and Wolves that you have to play.
'The standards, we dictate. Have you seen Liverpool this season?
Pep Guardiola has taken a blatant excavation in Liverpool despite Manchester City's problems
The reds cannot match the record of 100 points of the city, even if they win the title of the League this season.
“They can no longer make 100 points: 99 but no 100”.
Guardiola also accepted that the city has boiled this season, and added: 'I asked Gundo (Ilkay Gundagan) yesterday: “Two years ago you were here, you were a year in Barcelona and you came back here, did you see changes in the Premier League? “
'He said massively, the difference was incredible. It's the truth. The teams are a lot, much, much better in all departments. People prepare so well.
'We cannot do it because of the problems (injuries) we have had. There are many players, with the amount of minutes they have had, that they are so tired, emotionally too.
'But guys, we deserve to have a bad season.
'We deserve not to be like us. They are human beings, it can happen. We were not consistent and we have not had the players at their best.
“It is the first time that I and many of the players have lived this position, but we have to accept it (and recognize) what happened in the past was not normal.”
City also faces a uphill battle to progress to the Champions League last 16 after its 3-2 house loss in the first section of its play-off of the knockout round.
The Arne Slot's side has a 16-point advantage over the city despite its 2-2 draw in Everton
Guardiola admitted that the city “deserves to have a bad season” after leaving the boil this year
He also believes that his team cannot maintain performances during the full 90 minutes.
“We can't hold it for 90 minutes, it's true,” said Guardiola. 'We are in this position because we are not good enough.
'In the second half against Madrid, when they keep the ball and start playing, playing, playing, we recover the ball and want, in two seconds, try to score a goal. We lose the ball and then (Kylian) Mbappe and Vinicius run even more.
'During the great, great success of the team we could make sequences of 20, 25, 30 passes in half of the opponents, now we cannot do it.
'Before having confidence to play with the ball and now we suffer when we have the ball. We take risks and make mistakes, that did not happen in previous years.
'I accept that when the opponents have the ball, I will suffer. But now we are suffering when we have the ball. It never happened before.