Pep Guardiola warns Liverpool that pressure at the top is tough to handle

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Pep Guardiola believes Liverpool are showing the same hunger that carried Manchester City to the title last season – but has warned the pressure is tough to handle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Premier League leaders Liverpool can open up a 10-point lead over defending champions City if they win Thursday’s clash between the two clubs at the Etihad Stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Reds are unbeaten and looking strong&comma; as City were when they held a 15-point advantage at the same stage last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The City manager said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My feeling is last season it was a little bit easier to maintain that hunger because 80 per cent of the players had not won anything in our lives&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">🔵 Is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;DeBruyneKev&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;debruynekev<&sol;a> ready to rock&quest;<br &sol;>🔵 Can we close the gap&quest; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;PEPTALK&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;PEPTALK<&sol;a> with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;marathonbet&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;marathonbet<&sol;a> ⚽️<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;mancity&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;mancity<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;KEs3Y9QuF9">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;KEs3Y9QuF9<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester City &lpar;&commat;ManCity&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManCity&sol;status&sol;1080469944515682304&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can feel what they feel&comma; the Liverpool players&period; After 29 years not winning the Premier League&comma; to be there to win the Premier League&comma; I understand&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I said to the players&comma; that’s difficult to handle&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>City&comma; who have lost three of their last five games&comma; are now facing a different kind of pressure in having to chase down an opponent&period; Guardiola admits he does not know how his players will respond to that challenge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If it is different pressure&comma; we have to live it&comma; we have to handle it&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Crucial match vs&period; Liverpool ahead 🔥⚽🔥<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;inSan&percnt;C3&percnt;A9&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;inSané<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;LS19&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;LS19<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;MCILIV&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;MCILIV<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManCity&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;ManCity<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;3ywmpnAFsm">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;3ywmpnAFsm<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Leroy Sané &lpar;&commat;LeroySane19&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LeroySane19&sol;status&sol;1080521421456097282&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What do I think&quest; Yes&comma; we are ready&period; I &lpar;personally&rpar; don’t have doubts&comma; but honestly I don’t know &lpar;for certain&rpar;&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guardiola claims his team are now the underdogs against Liverpool&comma; who have won their last nine games&comma; but he has no intention of giving up the chase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I know today nobody trusts us&comma; nobody makes one coin for us&comma; but it is what it is&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They are at the moment the best team in Europe&comma; in the consistency&comma; the way they control the details in their game&period; It is a good challenge for us if we’re going to reduce the gap&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liverpool won three of the four clashes between the sides last season&comma; including both legs of their Champions League quarter-final&period; Guardiola insists that is irrelevant&comma; as is his losing record against Reds boss Jurgen Klopp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guardiola has won just five of their 15 meetings&comma; with the German victorious eight times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The past is the past&period; It’s the same with 100 points&comma; it’s in the past&period; I’m not going to judge the game on the previous game&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t count the number of times I beat managers and feel how special I am&period; I don’t play against Jurgen or Jurgen against me&period; Our teams play&period; He beats me&comma; I beat him&period; I won leagues and cups&comma; I lost some cups&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’re an exceptional side&comma; they’re Champions League finalists&period; With their results&comma; what can you do&quest; Hats off&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will try to beat them and that’s all&period; If we don’t I will congratulate them and move forward and learn for our game&period; But at least let us think that maybe we can win&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>City will give a late fitness test to Kevin De Bruyne&comma; who missed Sunday’s win at Southampton with a muscular problem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e457e86b9a8">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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