Guardiola - Man City will win the Premier League title
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his side are going to win a record fourth straight Premier League title this season.
City have slipped to third, three points off leaders Arsenal, after draws with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.
Guardiola's side have conceded eight goals in those games and thrown away leads in each, but are still favourites with the bookmakers for the title.
"My feeling today is we're going to win the Premier League," said Guardiola.
"If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we're going to win it again.
"People don't believe it already after three draws but we feel we're going to do it again, knowing that it is not easy because no team has done it yet [won four in a row].
"The difficulty is there and was last season but, if you ask me today what I'm feeling, we're going to do it again."
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City matched Manchester United's record of three straight Premier League titles when they won the Treble last season.
At one stage they were eight points behind Arsenal last season, but won the league by five points.
The previous season saw City edge Liverpool out by a point, coming from 2-0 down against Aston Villa on the final day to win the league by a single point.
They finished 12 points clear of Manchester United the season before.
'We never use these situations'
Guardiola's side were incensed in the closing stages of their 3-3 draw with Tottenham on Sunday when referee Simon Hooper blew for a free-kick after initially playing advantage for a foul on Erling Haaland.
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Haaland got back to his feet and clipped the ball over the top, releasing Jack Grealish, but Hooper brought play back for the foul.
However, Guardiola does not think his players need that incident to fuel their fight for the rest of the season.
"We never use these kind of situations. Today the motivation is to try and do better," he said.
"Sometimes decisions help you, sometimes they don't. I learn that if you want to win something you have to do it much, much better than the opponents."
City have been charged with failing to control their players by the Football Association after their players surrounded Hooper following the incident.
Haaland went on to criticise Hooper in a social media post, but the Norwegian is not facing any individual action from the FA.
Guardiola said his side have "behaved incredibly this season" and pointed to comments by his players that highlighted they needed to do better as a group on the pitch.
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Source: bbc.com