PEP: FINEST HOUR IF I WIN SECOND TIME

certain of beating Liverpool to the title.

Guardiola won the Champions League twice and three La Liga titles with Barcelona before landing three successive Bundesliga crowns with Bayern Munich.

But he said: “We now have 86 points after winning 100 points last season – and that is one of the most remarkable things of my career.

“I mean it. I don’t deny how good it was in Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

“People will say this will be a big fail in my career if I don’t win the title again, but this is a league where everyone can lose against anyone. We got 100 points last season. Now we are against the best team Liverpool have ever had.

“I want to win the title. But I will not judge these players if we lose because they have played every three days for the last three months, knowing that, if they lose, they have lost a competition.”

City, eliminated from the Champions League last Wednesday night, secured their 10th successive Premier League victory when Foden headed home in the fifth minute.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino (above) said: “I’m not frustrated – that’s football. We deserved at least a draw.”