Pep believes this season’s Premier League champion will have fewer points than in previous years

• Pep Guardiola believes this season’s Premier League champions will have fewer points than before
• Man City became the first team in the English top flight to reach 100 points in 2017-18.
• Six of the last eight Premier League champions have finished with more than 90 points.

You have injuries for a long time like didn’t happen before. It’s normal, it’s going to happen. We have to handle it.”

City were without key players for the defeat at the Vitality Stadium with John Stones, Ruben Dias and Kevin De Bruyne notable absences.

Defenders Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake were pressed into service despite not being fully fit and were noticeably off the pace as a fearless Bournemouth landed a first ever victory over City.

Guardiola was asked whether the ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app hectic schedule took a toll on his own energy levels.

“I don’t play, I don’t run. I’m sitting,” he said.

“We won a lot and people expect we’re going to win all the time. It’s the first game we’ve lost in the Premier League in 2024. We’re in November. It’s unbelievable.

“We’ll learn from this and we’ll improve. I’m fine.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes this season’s Premier League champions will have fewer points than before.

“Absolutely, yes. If we had five more days to prepare and recover, maybe we would have done better, maybe not, who knows,” Guardiola said.

“A lot of people have told me to talk about the season when we won, but it’s not like that. I’ve tried to say it all the time, but the harsh reality is they won and we congratulate them.”

Man City became the first team in the English top flight to reach 100 points in 2017-18 and have reached 90+ points on three occasions since then.

Liverpool have scored 99, 97 and 92 points in the last six seasons, while six of the last eight Premier League champions have scored more than 90 points.