Guardiola holds domestic focus
Spanish head coach Pep Guardiola says he will retain a domestic focus with Manchester City, who completed an unprecedented treble last season.
The Citizens retained their Premier League title last term, while also lifting both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup, having opened the campaign with a 2-0 Community Shield victory over Chelsea.
I would sign right now to do what we did last season again.
Pep Guardiola
Their only failure came in the Champions League, where they lost out to domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the quarter-final stage.
However, Guardiola is not going to allow a dream of European glory to get in the way of his plans for the season as a whole.
He told reporters: "The Champions League is an important tournament, difficult to win, but I don't want to go to the casino and gamble everything I have in my pocket for seven games.
"I would sign right now to do what we did last season again - not winning the Champions League and four titles again.
"Am I going to wait until February to play seven games with everything on the colour black? From my point of view, it is too risky.
"To maintain the health of the team, the focus is the Premier League. The Premier League always is the most important thing, the local competition, because it is every weekend."
The Citizens are in action at Wembley on Sunday when they face Liverpool in the Community Shield and are 8/15 to lift the trophy, while they can be backed at 1/2 to secure a third successive Premier League title this season.
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Spanish head coach Pep Guardiola says he will retain a domestic focus with Manchester City, who completed an unprecedented treble last season.
The Citizens retained their Premier League title last term, while also lifting both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup, having opened the campaign with a 2-0 Community Shield victory over Chelsea.
I would sign right now to do what we did last season again.
Pep Guardiola
Their only failure came in the Champions League, where they lost out to domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the quarter-final stage.
However, Guardiola is not going to allow a dream of European glory to get in the way of his plans for the season as a whole.
He told reporters: "The Champions League is an important tournament, difficult to win, but I don't want to go to the casino and gamble everything I have in my pocket for seven games.
"I would sign right now to do what we did last season again - not winning the Champions League and four titles again.
"Am I going to wait until February to play seven games with everything on the colour black? From my point of view, it is too risky.
"To maintain the health of the team, the focus is the Premier League. The Premier League always is the most important thing, the local competition, because it is every weekend."
The Citizens are in action at Wembley on Sunday when they face Liverpool in the Community Shield and are 8/15 to lift the trophy, while they can be backed at 1/2 to secure a third successive Premier League title this season.
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Source: bet365.com
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