The
Manchester City manager accepts he will be ‘disappointed’ if his side fail to retain the title but says expectations are too highIf the challenge for Manchester City has been to translate their dominance of
England into superiority in Europe,
Pep Guardiola may instead have borrowed from his
Champions League rhetoric to lay the groundwork for a
Premier League near-miss.
The City manager has a tendency to downplay his side’s chances of conquering the continent. A 12-point deficit to
Liverpool had been reduced to nine and Chelsea’s early lead overturned on Saturday when Guardiola drew on context to suggest his champions are outsiders now.