Pep Guardiola concerned about the standard Liverpool have set

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has made it clear that the standard that has been set by Liverpool this season is hard to compete with.

The reigning champions are currently sitting third in the Premier League, 10 points off Liverpool, who are leading the way.

City do have a game in hand against Southampton today away from home, and then they welcome Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium come Friday night.

Guardiola has not written his side out of the title race, but he insists Liverpool are playing to a standard that many cannot live with.

“We did well so far,” said Guardiola prior to Liverpool going nine points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, as reported by Goal.

“We got 44 points in the first round.

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 7: Gini Wijnaldum of Liverpool controls the ball in the Premier League match between Manchester City and Liverpool at Anfield on 7 October 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Reuters)

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“If you get the same number of points in the second round, that’s 88 points. With 88 points, you are champions. You have the numbers to be champions.

“Most of the Premier League champions in the past 20 years won it with less points. We did quite well. We did really well.

“But of course you have the past two games, against Crystal Palace and Leicester, and you have that sense, because there are two teams there now who are better than us in the last month.

“What can we say when Liverpool keep nine clean sheets and score a lot of goals? We cannot compete with that in terms of comparing with them.

“So we look at ourselves, and tomorrow against Southampton, we have to do what we do, and try to win, and when that happens, everything comes back to a normal position.”

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