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Pep Guardiola believes that Manchester City is "privileged" to be still in contention for a quadruple history.
After a two-week break abroad, the Blues resume their Premier League match tomorrow, as we face Fulham at lunchtime, where the win will bring us back to the top of the table – at least 24 hours.
While City has already won the Carabao Cup, a semi-final FA Cup and a quarterfinal of the Champions League, the season's announcement is exciting.
And for his part, Guardiola thinks it's a scenario that should be adopted.
"We are privileged to be in this situation – in all competitions in April and to fight for the titles. (This is an) amazing experience, "said Blues director.
"I do not know how many men in history are competing for four titles, so that's good, it's good. I think they're fresh mentally and in the legs.
"That's what it is.In three days we will have Cardiff and then a semifinal, so it's difficult."
"After the start of the Champions League, we have (Crystal) Palace, we have three days between games – that's what it is. It's good to have that.
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The last two months of the campaign are announcing intense and decisive. The matches are played between three competitions and the Blues face eight games in April alone.
The boss said he loved the challenge but pointed out that he and the players would not look any further than the next game and the next challenge.
"Well, I'm impatient (but) I do not think too much about the future," added Guardiola.
"I think of all the games we have and learn what kind of games we have, but one game helps to win another and another.
"I'm always careful if we lose views on how we're going to react to the next because that's happening. We can not demand that we win four titles and put too much pressure.
"If we have a bad game, then people say how we lose the game and how we win.
"Tomorrow we will not win the Premier League, but I think we could lose the Premier League.
"In the Premier League (there are) still a lot of important games to play."
Pep was also asked about the Blues' incentive to become only the third team in Premier League history to successfully retain the Premier League title.
Chelsea and Manchester United are the only other teams to have achieved the feat since the league's inception in 1992 and no team has managed to win two consecutive title wins since 2009.
"It's been 10 years since it happened (so) we know how difficult it is. We talked about it, "added the boss.
"Last month, we're competing in knockout events and we need to (now) put everything we have in every competition to go as far as we can.
"We have to win every game. I think it's a good sense to think that in difficult situations, if we do not win, we do not win the competition.
"Play with pressure, if we draw here maybe they attract, we should not think about that. Palace away or match here, if you think of the semifinal next Saturday, we can not think that way. Anything can happen in 90 minutes.
"There is only one option and that is to win the game. Nothing happens until it happens.
"Maybe we can not win if it happens because the opposition is better, that's fine.
"If we have all the matches won, we will be champions. Maybe with the number of games we have, we will lose points. "
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