Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola explains why he is prioritising the Premier League over Champions League

The Spaniard has his eyes firmly set on domestic glory rather than European - because it's the bigger prize.
Pep Guardiola claims the Premier League is a bigger prize for Manchester City than the Champions League.

Guardiola needs just more six wins to lift his first Premier League in record-breaking time and says the title is more important than any other trophy for City.


“We are fighting for the most important title of the season by far, the Premier League,” said the City boss.

“It’s more important than the Champions League, more important than the FA Cup, Carabao Cup. That is enough encouragement for us to be focused.
“The league is always the most difficult, a game every three days. It shows how good you are over 11 months.

“All the titles I have won, La Liga, Bundesliga, the league is the most difficult.

“In the Carabao Cup, we won two penalty rounds, Bravo saved them or you could be out.“That is a toss of a coin, sometimes good, sometimes bad. The league is consistency, the players know that.

“They know exactly how important the league is for this club, for our futures. Of course we have to be focused, we know how tough it will be until the end of the season.”Guardiola claims City still have work to do, even though they will extend their lead to 16 points if they beat Arsenal on Thursday.

“The next six fixtures are terrible in terms of quality of the opponents, and we have four games away, and we still have to win six games,” he said.“When you think about Arsenal, you think about Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal and our away games, Stoke City playing for relegation, going to Goodison Park is always a tough game.

“We have a lot of tough games still to play and have to remain focused.”