A few months ago when Manchester City was eliminated from the Champions League, Pep Guardiola released some testimonies that gave people something to talk about. Seeking to fight for the Premier League in those times with Liverpool, the strategist lowered his finger to the Champions League, stating that it is much more difficult to win the league title than to obtain the prestigious ‘Orejona’.
And there really is some truth to it, because the competitiveness of the Premier League is immense, while, in the Champions League, although it is lived with great intensity for being an international competition, Without a doubt, the 38 games of the local rental make You suffer a lot on the pitch and note the great competition.
However, surely the players do dream of getting the ‘Orejona’, because who doesn’t want to lift it. Pep Guardiola and his team will have tough rivals in the group stage. They will face Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Copenhagen. A reunion of Erling Haaland with the Germans, which, without a doubt, is a more than attractive match.
The ‘Citizens’ add seven units in these three days of the Premier League, and want to continue harvesting. They will face Crystal Palace on the fourth date, a very tough rival. The CEO of Manchester City, Ferrán Soriano spoke with Movistar and said what the real objective is, “we play to win the Premier League, which is our job every day. We can’t get obsessed with winning it because history is full of teams that get obsessed with the Champions League and then forget the basics, which for us is the league”.
His goal was fulfilled last season, and Ferrán Soriano explained the feeling of winning the Premier League, “I think it wasn’t luck that Manchester City have won four of the last five Premier Leagues. Luck is good for one day, but in the medium term what counts is hard work and when teams like Real Madrid or us win consistently it’s not by luck”.
