‘At least 90’, ‘Lets go for one more winning streak’ – Man City Fans react as Guardiola outlines Premier League points target to become Champions

Pep Guardiola says it will require somewhere in the region of 95 points to be crowned Premier League champions this season.

The defending champions are nine points clear of Liverpool having played a game more but Guardiola is expecting an onslaught from Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Liverpool can reach 96 should they win all of their remaining matches and Guardiola is demanding perfection from his squad if they are to claim a fourth title in five years.

Man City and Liverpool have been involved in some memorable title races in recent memory, raising the bar in terms of the points needed to lift the trophy.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of the game, Pep Guardiola was discussing the ‘typical City’ mentality of not being extremely comfortable, despite holding a commanding lead in the title race.

The Spaniard believes his team will need to be close to perfect to get over the line and win a fourth title in five years.

“There’s no doubt about that – the margin against Liverpool is nothing,” the boss said on Friday.

“We have to win a lot – more than 90 points – 95, 96 to be champions. We can lose, but it’s the way we lose [that’s important]. You can lose in different ways.

“Many times, when we lose, we lose as a great team and we have to continue in this way. I was born in Barcelona and their academy taught me everything. The best way, even there, is to think everything can go wrong.

“The warnings to yourself have to be as an individual player or as a team that tomorrow you can go down and lose and lose and lose. That’s the best way to approach games.

“We made an incredible run in the Premier League so far and Liverpool is still there round the corner. That shows how amazing and difficult our opponent is.

“We know, of course, we can lose and be bad and drop points – this is not the issue – it’s how you behave in those moments when you lose games.

“Against Brentford, we were 2-0 up and Kevin De Bruyne, the best player in the Premier League last season, ran 40 metres back to help John Stones at right back.

“We can’t ask any more than that after winning what we have won individually and collectively. We can lose, of course we can lose. Nobody always wins. The important is being there and knowing we have to win.

“We have to fight to win the Premier League and if we want to win, we will have to win an incredible amount of points against an incredible opponent we’ve faced many times.”

These Guardiola’s comments were shared on Twitter and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters.

Pep and I have been doing the same arithmetic. At last – something in common with the great man…

— Tim Willitts (@TimWillitts) February 11, 2022

He knows what Liverpool is capable of. It would have been much easier if Klopp wasn’t at Liverpool.

— Honest-MCFC-Fan (@Mcfchonest) February 11, 2022

always asking for more, this is why he is GOATED. When other coaches would have started celebrating the lead, Pep always remains humble

— Vinnie (@vinnie070) February 11, 2022

It all depends on the game against Liverpool. If we beat them we need 94 points, if we lose we need 97 points.

— Honest-MCFC-Fan (@Mcfchonest) February 11, 2022

At least 90. Depending on what Liverpool do maybe more.

— MCFC Salt Miner (@mcfcsaltmine) February 11, 2022

over 90 for sure.

— ☻ (@kmason7i) February 11, 2022

90 points
10 more wins

— Victor (@_victorjorge) February 11, 2022

Lets go for one more winning streak…I hope Liverpool will be good runners up as usual.

— Ahmed Arif (@Ahmed_zari32) February 11, 2022

I think Liverpool can still potentially finish with 96 pts, so…..finish with at least 97 pts just to be on safe side! 🙂 That would only allow for 1 more loss and draw out of last 14. Beating Liverpool at home would be HUGE.Shaping up to be like '18-19 season. This is the way. pic.twitter.com/LkCANevnnU

— PAUL MOSS•毛保罗• Ovie-lando (@PaulMoss70) February 11, 2022