The Citizens are comfortably sitting on top of the Premier League table and will be bidding to have a good start to the Champions League knockout phase when they play Bundesliga outfit Borussia Monchengladbach next week.
Guardiola’s men have not put a foot wrong in 2021 as they have won all their ten Premier League matches, but the Spanish coach has insisted that everything could take a nose dive if City become complacent.
Ahead of Manchester City’s trip to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League on Sunday, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has rejected Carlo Ancelotti’s claim that the Manchester-based club have already won the title.
“I appreciate it but I don’t agree with him,” Guardiola told reporters via Manchester Evening News. “We can lose because the opponents are good. I love Carlo. He is an inspiration for me.
“But I don’t agree with him. Ten days have changed everything. But we still have 42 points to play for.
“We have to focus on the next game and not listen to what people say. We are in February. It is still not spring and you win titles in summertime.
“There are a lot of games to come. In 10 days everything can change here. If we lost at Anfield days ago we were four points behind Liverpool.
We are now at 16. My perception is that everything changes in a short time. Spring has not yet arrived, and titles are won in summer.
“Nobody becomes a champion in the winter. So my advice to the players is not to listen too much, and let’s keep working.”
