We would have lost that game last season – Guardiola

After Guardiola had threatened to drop anyone who consumed too much at Christmas, City remained two points clear of Premier League leaders Arsenal, who also won on Saturday.

City’s momentum was bolstered by Saturday’s 2-1 victory, which was their eighth consecutive victory in all competitions, as they attempted to turn the title-race tables in their favor.

In January, they have a tough nine games to play, including their Champions League group stage finale and their first game of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Newcastle.

City are the division’s top scorers, but they have lost two of their previous 15 games and are currently the top scorers in the division after falling behind in two of their opening three Premier League games.

After a crucial victory, Guardiola thinks City have since found their groove.

They were so frustrated by Forest that Erling Haaland couldn’t stop talking about them. They were also bullied by center-backs Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic.

Milenkovic’s brutal Milenkovic beat Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Josko Gvardiol avoided receiving a yellow card for kicking the ball away.

City have won 24 of the past 27 points, with the exception of a 2-1 defeat at Newcastle in November, despite not having a classic performance.

Guardiola said, “Instead of having no chance, how you suffer, how you defend, accept that you’re not playing well and can be better and be in the game,” is more important. Last season, that game was lost by 10 points.

It’s good to finish with three important points because the team has long wanted to do it and it’s the final game of the season.

“They are three points, but they’re a lot of three points, primarily because the opposition’s quality is outstanding.” A proper team has been created by Sean Dyche, who was competing for the Champions League a few months ago.

It has a top side, they say. Although I am aware that the side’s quality is affected by the lack of momentum, it does not.

Joe Hart, a former City goalkeeper who won two Premier League titles while playing for the club, thought it was a crucial victory.

Look at the way they celebrated, he said to TNT Sports, “They know what a difficult day it was.” Although it was a total battle, the championship-winning performance came out. You find a way when your back against the wall.

After winning the previous four titles, City came in third place last season, 13 points behind leaders Liverpool.

Guardiola dealt a severe blow to the team, and he revealed heart-to-heart talks with them during the summer’s Club World Cup, which re-established their focus.

“The Club World Cup changed at the time, in my opinion.” We spoke and spoke, and a lot of things happened, he said.

It’s a process right now. You had a lot of games of this kind when we won a lot of titles at Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and here.

Because they believe the team wants to do it, they want to fight for each other, according to the body language and connection between how we interact with the fans.

Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri are on Africa Cup of Nations duty, but City are without the injured Jeremy Doku, John Stones, Oscar Bobb, and Mateo Kovacic.

Rodri’s return to the squad, who had endured a hamstring injury, was therefore a significant improvement.

The midfielder hasn’t played a minute since October, and Guardiola only needs to add more time because of his inclusion in the squad.

Nico Gonzalez has replaced him while Tijjani Reijnders, who has now won twice in his debut season, has sent a warning to Arsenal and other title rivals.