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'We'll win the Premier league' - Guardiola warns rivals

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Pep Guardiola is confident Manchester City will retain the Premier League title if they maintain their current level of performance.The treble winners have been held to draws in their last three games at the hands of Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.Yet in a strong message to rivals and any doubters, Guardiola has insisted his players are not lacking any hunger as they chase a fourth successive league crown.The City manager said: "I have a feeling that if we maintain that level, we'll win the Premier League.

We will win it again."If we (could) maintain the level of Liverpool and Tottenham, I'll sign for it right now. We didn't win 5-0 - we drew - but I'd sign right now (for) my team (to) behave the way we've played the last two games."I don't know if we can sustain that all season and that is the challenge."Guardiola name-checked a number of prominent football pundits, including former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, as he insisted there was no complacency within his squad."I don't have anything to say about the pundits," said Guardiola, whose side travel to Aston Villa on Wednesday."Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think it's about complacency.

I know the players, I know how they run. How we behave is extraordinary."He knows how difficult it is otherwise Gary Neville would've won four Premier Leagues in the best period of Manchester United.

But he didn't do it."I see my team, how they fight, how they press, how they continue until the end and how upset they are after we concede."Maybe, maybe I'm wrong and they are seeing everything that I'm not able to see, but I don't have that feeling."Jamie Carragher didn't win one (league title).

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