Pep Guardiola Insists He’s Staying Put to Fight ‘Almost Unstoppable’ Liverpool

​Pep Guardiola has dismissed all talk of him leaving Manchester City at the end of the season, regardless of the outcome of this year’s Premier League title race against an ‘almost unstoppable’ Liverpool side.

Following City’s 3-1 defeat at Anfield prior to the international break, rumours began to circulate about whether or not Guardiola was still happy to be in charge of the current domestic champions.

However, the Spaniard has claimed he has no intentions of leaving the Etihad this summer, and is relishing the battle to lift the Premier League trophy for a third straight year.

Quoted by ​The Telegraph, Guardiola stated: “If people ask, ‘Do I want to stay?’, I want to stay, I don’t have any reasons to move from here. I am incredibly satisfied to work with this club, with these players, and if people think I am going to resign or be sacked for these results and being nine points behind, then people don’t know me”

Guardiola continued: ““I like to be in this challenge, I love to be in this position. And if the club wants [me] next season, I want to be here 100 per cent.”

Guardiola believes he still has the full backing of the club and his players, and is in no rush to depart ​Man City – despite never having been in a job longer than the four years he enjoyed at ​Barcelona.

“I want to live in this city because I know lovely people here and I want to work and live with them”, the 48-year-old said.

“I am here because I win. If I don’t win, I’m in trouble, but I’m incredibly satisfied to work in this city and this club and I want to help this club to get better. I still enjoy working with these players a lot and I would like to stay longer. If the club wants, I will stay.”

The defeat suffered at the hands of rivals ​Liverpool on 10th November was seen as a turning point in the title race, but Guardiola insisted that his side’s failed trip to Merseyside is no cause for concern.

“Why should people think I’m not happy here? Because we lost at Anfield or I’ve lost three games this season? That’s an odd reason to say I’m not happy or satisfied to be here.”

He added: ““The moment I will leave is when I feel my team don’t follow [me] to play at Anfield in the way we played. At that moment I’d say, ‘Wow, I miss my team’ and after I would call my boss and say, ‘Guys, maybe you have to sit and think about it’. But I don’t have that feeling. If it’s not enough [this season], next season will be better.”

Manchester City’s 2-1 home victory over ​Chelsea on Saturday meant that they kept tabs with Liverpool, who themselves narrowly saw off ​Crystal Palace. With the gap between the two sides currently nine points, Guardiola has no interest in looking too far ahead.

“I know from all around the world the ​Premier League is done, so if that happens we’ll try again next season, and my players will be there,” he said. “We have two options – give up or don’t give up. I think the way we played at Anfield especially, we are not going to give up.

“I have a feeling we are not far away from how we played in the last seasons but we have a team that is almost unstoppable and in incredible top form [in Liverpool]. They are the champions of Europe but we’re in November.”

The Spaniard went on to say: “I know that to be there until the end we have to go on an incredible run of games but I think it will be a big mistake if you think too far ahead.

“Honestly, I need to live these situations, I need to prove myself, and my players have to prove themselves. Why not fight again and try to improve and do it again?”

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