Pep Guardiola has made it clear that Manchester City must focus on beating Chelsea before thinking about their title showdown with Arsenal.
With the Premier League race tightening, Guardiola warned that any slip at Stamford Bridge could render future fixtures irrelevant.
“Talking about Arsenal, if you don’t win at Stamford Bridge – that’s not an easy place to go – maybe we don’t need to make the press conference before Arsenal because it’ll be over,” Guardiola told reporters.
He emphasized the importance of maintaining a flawless run as the season nears its conclusion.
“Everybody knows it. You know it, I know it, the players know it, everybody knows it. England knows it. So, there’s how many games left? You have to win all of them, all. Not one draw, no. Forget about it.”
With eight games left, Guardiola dismissed the idea that past achievements would automatically carry the team through.
“The aura doesn’t make you feel wins. For most of the players, not now but in recent past, it’s just, ‘OK, we have done it many times, we can do it again’,” he said.
“But that doesn’t define a season in the Premier League. The season in the Premier League is 11 months and in the 11 months, there were a lot of games that we were good, but not good enough to win. Because now we are not seventh or eighth in the Premier League, we are second and fighting. It’s not a bad season.”
