Pep Guardiola feels “the job is completed” after Manchester City’s current success, but says he has no downside accepting criticism when his aspect is not successful.
The Treble winners are fifth within the desk, with a recreation in hand, and go to Everton within the league on Wednesday.
“Now we go to the store, purchase one other ebook and begin to write once more,” mentioned Guardiola on his aspect’s trophy haul.
City’s Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League final season was adopted by the Uefa Super Cup in August.
The 4-0 win towards Brazilians Fluminense in Saudi Arabia gave City their fifth trophy of the calendar yr – making them the primary English membership to realize the feat.
“I’ve a sense the job is completed,” Guardiola mentioned. “I considered after we received the Champions League but then I assumed ‘Super Cup, we do not have it, World Cup, we do not have it’.
“Now we now have every little thing.”
This season, City have reached the final 16 of the Champions League – the place they may face Copenhagen – with two video games to spare and a 100% report.
But heading into the busy league interval, Guardiola finds his aspect on 34 factors, six behind leaders Arsenal, with just one win within the earlier six top-flight video games.
“When you do not win, you might be nothing, zero,” he mentioned. “They are ready across the nook. People say ‘you do not settle for criticism’. It is a part of the job.
“If you might be within the enterprise of being a soccer supervisor, it’s a must to settle for individuals will criticise you simply since you do not win. OK, we now have to attempt to win the subsequent recreation.
“What you’ve gotten completed prior to now, as a lot as you win, the extra they need you to fail.
“I’ve felt that because the day we received the sextuple with Barcelona [in 2009]. But the titles we now have received are unbelievable.
“People give credit score simply because we win. You must look additional than that. The second we do not win, they may decide aside completely every little thing.
“But that is what is good. It is OK. We go once more and we’ll see what occurs.”
In the league since 12 November, City have drawn with Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Crystal Palace, picked up a 2-1 victory towards Luton Town after going a aim down and fallen to a 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa.
Guardiola felt his aspect performed “extremely properly” within the drawn fixtures, but as City didn’t convert these matches into wins, he mentioned the membership’s type could be perceived as “a catastrophe, a disaster, every little thing”.
He did, nevertheless, acknowledge Villa “have been higher” when Unai Emery’s aspect wager them at Villa Park in early December.
