Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City side had taken a “big step” towards securing a third Premier League title in four years after openin...
Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City side had taken a “big step” towards securing a third Premier League title in four years after opening up a 17-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday.
A rare goal from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus’s strike on his 24th birthday mean City just need just 11 points from their remaining seven league games to be crowned champions.
“It is a big step to winning the Premier League,” said Guardiola. “The Premier League is the nicest competition (to win), it is 11 months and it is so tough. We are close.”
Winning the league is not the limit of City’s ambitions this season as they remain on course for the first ever quadruple of Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup in English football history.
The Champions League has been Guardiola’s one failing during his five years in Manchester, having never progressed beyond the quarter-finals.
City will have another shot at getting beyond the last eight when Borussia Dortmund’s travel to the Etihad for the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Tuesday.
And Guardiola showed that competition remains the priority with his team selection.
John Stones, Joao Cancelo, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling were among the...
