DBasia.news – Pep Guardiola predicts competition in the 2019-20 Premier League. According to the Manchester City manager, it will be difficult for his team to defend the Premier League title.
Manchester City won the 2018-2019 Premier League by one point ahead of Liverpool. That season there were only two racehorses for the most prestigious title in England.
Throughout the season, Manchester City and Liverpool do control the top two places in the Premier League. In fact, the distance between the Reds in second place with Chelsea which ranked third is quite far.
These conditions make the 2018-2019 Premier League considered quite impressive. Because the team besides Manchester City and Liverpool did not seem to intend to fight over the title.
Even so, Pep Guardiola is not sure the same conditions will be repeated. The Spanish manager is assessing other clubs have additional quality.
“I don’t know whether the Premier League this season will be like last season, Liverpool and we are competing to win it. Many other teams are also great,” Pep Guardiola said.
“In my opinion, Manchester United have Harry Maguire and other players they bought. Arsenal are better. Chelsea and Tottenham have won all the preseason games. There will be many competitors this season.”
“However, Liverpool are a very classy team. The difference with Manchester City last season was only one point. In the Community Shield match, they only differed by one penalty kick,” he added.
Pep Guardiola has just led Manchester City to win the 2019 Community Shield. The Citizens conquered Liverpool on penalties after playing 1-1 during normal time.