During Guardiola's time at City and Jurgen Klopp's era as Liverpool boss, the two clubs have become the strongest forces in the English game.
Liverpool's title triumph in 2019/20 is the only time City have failed to win the league in the past five seasons, but twice they have pipped the Reds by just a point in thrilling title races.
However, Liverpool's run of just two wins in their opening eight games of the Premier League season has allowed City to open up a 13-point lead on Klopp's men. "For just two little details they didn't achieve something that no English team has done," said Guardiola of Liverpool narrowly missing out on an unprecedented quadruple last season. "It is the same team, same manager, these moments happen.
We will have it. We try to avoid bad moments, but we will have (them). It's part of the nature of the competition. "The players know because over the past years we fought for all the competitions and all the titles.