{"id":1869,"date":"2019-02-28T10:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/well-fight-for-the-title-until-the-end-guardiola-delighted-to-avoid-premier-league-champions-curse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T03:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:53:12","slug":"well-fight-for-the-title-until-the-end-guardiola-delighted-to-avoid-premier-league-champions-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"'We'll fight for the title until the end' – Guardiola delighted to avoid Premier League champions curse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recent years have seen English title winners crumble in the following season, a fate that has not befallen last term’s victors <\/div>\n
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Pep Guardiola is “delighted” by the strength of\u00a0Manchester City’s title defence and said\u00a0a win over Chelsea on Sunday will ensure his side challenge\u00a0 all the way for the Premier League trophy.<\/p>\n

City Maurizio Sarri’s side knowing victory will bring them level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, although the Reds will have played one game fewer than the champions.<\/p>\n

Chelsea fifth in the table \u2013 the position they finished in last season, just a year after winning the title under Antonio Conte in 2016-17.<\/p>\n

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Guardiola expressed his pride at having seen his side avoid the fate that befell Chelsea and others, with Manchester United the last team to successfully defend the title in 2008-09.<\/p>\n

“I know in the last five or six years what happened with the champions the year after, in which position they were,”\u00a0Guardiola told reporters.<\/p>\n

“All of them, they were out. They did not have a chance in that period to win the Premier League.<\/p>\n

“We are there. That is one of the things I am most delighted about this season.”<\/p>\n

City’s four-game league winning streak came to an end when they lost 2-1 at Newcastle United on January 29, but Guardiola insisted the result was not a reflection of complacency among his players.<\/p>\n

“When the people say, ‘You underestimated Newcastle.’ No, no,”\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

“You don’t underestimate anyone if you are in the final of the Carabao Cup again and you are in all the competitions and fighting.<\/p>\n

“The previous seasons, Leicester [City] and Chelsea and the other ones \u2013 no chance. We are there.<\/p>\n

“We want to be there until the end. [Sunday] will help us. If we are able to win the game I am pretty sure until the end we will be there fighting to be champions again.”<\/p>\n

Guardiola dismissed suggestions that Liverpool failing to beat Leicester and West Ham before overcoming Bournemouth on Saturday displayed that Jurgen Klopp’s side had lost their edge.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know how you connect a lack of mentality with dropping four points, two draws,” said the City boss.\u00a0“I don’t see the connection.<\/p>\n

“Maybe they dropped points because Leicester did a good job and West Ham \u2013 it’s always difficult to play against Manuel Pellegrini.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click:endless sling Recent years have seen English title winners crumble in the following season, a fate that has not befallen last term’s victors Pep Guardiola is “delighted” by the strength of\u00a0Manchester City’s title defence and said\u00a0a win over Chelsea on Sunday will ensure his side challenge\u00a0 all the way for the Premier League trophy. City … <\/p>\n

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