Pep Guardiola warns table-toppers Chelsea & Liverpool the real season is yet to start
Pep Guardiola insists the real season is yet to start after Manchester City dropped the first points of their campaign against Wolves.
Liverpool and Chelsea were able to put some distance between themselves and the defending Premier League champions as a result of the Wolves draw, but Guardiola is unconcerned by the early set-back.
City set a record for total points in a title-winning season last campaign, and are the favourites to lift the trophy for a second year running.
Liverpool fans in particular are excited about what the campaign could hold, but Guardiola claims the real work has yet to start.
After one day off were going to prepare for the game against Newcastle and then the international break, he said.
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And after we come back from the international break the real season starts, in terms of games, games, games.
We know how difficult it will be – you can imagine against Newcastle and Rafa Benitez it will be tough.
Theyre well-organised defensively and we have one week to prepare.
We won a point or dropped two or whatever but its part of the competition.
That rumour of how good we are – were a good team but the league is so long and weve done only three league games and theres a lot still to do.
City play Newcastle before the international break, before returning to action on 15 September.
The Sky Blues travel to Anfield on 7 October in what could be a big match in the race for the title.
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