Manchester City: Club's success will always 'belong to us' - Pep Guardiola

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Manchester City's achievements volition ever "belong to us" adjacent if the nine is stripped of its Premier League titles, says manager Pep Guardiola.

During that time, City won 3 Premier League titles, 2 of which were nether Spaniard Guardiola.

"Nobody tin region it, the feelings, the bully moments, the atrocious moments," helium said.

The archetypal of City's titles came successful 2012 done Sergio Aguero's memorable last-gasp victor connected the last time against QPR, portion successful 2014 they finished archetypal aft a precocious tally pipped Liverpool by 2 points.

The Reds were apical with 3 games left, but a gaffe by skipper Steven Gerrard saw Demba Ba spell connected to people arsenic Chelsea bushed them 2-0 astatine Anfield. Liverpool past drew 3-3 astatine Crystal Palace aft being 3-0 up, portion City won each their remaining games.

"Absolutely, they beryllium to us," added Guardiola. "Regardless of the sentence, they beryllium to us.

"The infinitesimal from Sergio Aguero, with (Mario) Balotelli slipping him in. I don't cognize if we are liable for Steven Gerrard slipping. In that concern astatine Anfield I didn't privation that, for respect for Steven Gerrard, but is it our fault?

"The Premier League volition determine but I cognize what we won, and the mode we won it, with the effort we enactment in.

"For thing that happened successful 2009 oregon 2010 - I don't cognize however agelong agone it was - this is not going to alteration that 1 second."

The Premier League has referred City to an autarkic commission, who tin enforce punishments ranging from a good and points deduction to expulsion from the league.

The Premier League besides accused City of not co-operating since the probe started successful December 2018.

City, who were taken implicit by the Abu Dhabi United Group successful 2008, said they were "surprised" by the charges and are supported by a "body of irrefutable evidence".

On Friday, Guardiola claimed the other 19 top-flight clubs had been the driving unit down the charges implemented by the Premier League.

In 2020, 9 clubs - Burnley, Wolves, Leicester, Newcastle, Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea - wrote to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) to petition City's two-year European prohibition for contravening Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations was not delayed during their entreaty process.

Their petition was dismissed and City won their entreaty to Cas.

Guardiola said jealousy is "part of the sport" and that "when a squad is winning you privation to bushed them".

He added: "But what these 9 teams person done, I don't hide it. They privation the presumption successful the Champions League for the large magnitude of wealth to wage for the stadiums they built.

"They tin beryllium suspicious, that is OK, but (they should) wait. We tin spell with our lawyers and say, 'Listen, we person done this and this', arsenic happened with Uefa.

"Wait, they didn't. Not adjacent 1 second."

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