Pep: Premier League most important trophy for Man City

The match was originally scheduled for this past Sunday but was postponed as the two teams faced each other in the Carabao Cup final, which Man City won 3-0.

City’s substantial buffer ahead of Manchester United at the summit is particularly welcome in Guardiola’s eyes, as he prepares for a run of games including Sunday’s visit of Chelsea, and trips to Everton and Tottenham either side of the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium on April 7.

Manchester City have now scored more Premier League goals this season (82) than they scored in the entirety of last season (80).

“More important than the Champions League, more important than the FA Cup, League Cup”.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has described his side’s display against Arsenal as “outstanding” after earning a convincing 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.

Sane made it 3-0 to Guardiola’s troops in the 33rd minute following some quick attack from the visitors that saw Kyle Walker set up the German winger, who sent a low finish into the bottom corner. Now we play Chelsea.

The Arsenal players were found wanting against the best Premier League team this season and looked out of their depth at times.

“If we keep that up for every game, things are possible”.

“We want to focus on the next game, we played twice against the best side in the country at the moment, it was hard for us after a not-good performance in the first game”.

“We have fought many times”, the Catalan coach said.

With seven defeats from 13 games across all competitions in 2018, Wenger’s position has again started to be questioned by supporters and pundits alike.

“We are going to do everything we can to still be relentless, but my experience is that when you win a trophy there is always that 10 per cent you lose in focus or sharpness, just because you’ve gone through all the emotion of winning something”.

“So it pains me to see this situation, for the man”.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, the veteran manager said something very weird which left Arsenal fans completely dumbstruck.

And Guardiola – who oversaw his 100th game in charge of City – believes the penalty could have been a turning point for struggling Arsenal. Having inflicted Arsenal’s worst first-half performance of the Premier League era, the Gunners were booed off at half-time by their own fans and booed when they returned for the second half.