Pep Guardiola struggling to keep up with rivals – and City’s high standards

Manchester City manager admits his side are some way off the pace set by Liverpool after two title-winning seasons

Pep Guardiola accepts he has made life hard for himself at Manchester City with the high standards set in the past couple of seasons but not so hard that he wants to walk away. The Manchester City manager emphatically denied reports he may exercise an escape clause in his contract at the end of the season but conceded his side are struggling “behind an opponent that doesn’t drop points”.

By that he meant Liverpool, runaway leaders of the Premier League, though Guardiola was also prepared to concede Leicester, too, have opened up a gap on the defending champions.

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