Man City four Premier League titles wins under Pep Guardiola ranked

One of the questions Pep Guardiola has been asked a lot recently is where this Premier League title would rank in his achievements at Manchester City. He has three others to compare to, and all have their merits.

First, take a moment to comprehend how ridiculous this is: trying to decide which is the least impressive way of winning the toughest competition in England. For those Blues that remember York and Wrexham and Blackburn and Gillingham, things could not get any more surreal.

Then, remember it is a wholly personal view. Guardiola will have his reasons for his preferences just like anyone else could. On top of the quality of the league, the football played, the records broken, there are life circumstances to imagine; the pandemic made the team's job harder but also made it more difficult for fans to love it from afar, while - as one person on Twitter wrote - the 2017/18 season was their favourite because his girlfriend left him and City destroying their competition made him feel better.

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There is also a recency bias to consider, with Sunday's barnstorming finale against Aston Villa still fresh in the heads of many (and why not) to make this latest victory seem more special. Another question: is it harder to win something for the first time or to win it again?

Everyone will have their own opinion, but for now sit back, enjoy a hurtle through four magnificent campaigns and then get ready to hurl abuse in the comments section.

Start as we mean to go on. It's a measure of the standard that this - a season where City broke an historic English record for the most consecutive wins in all competitions - is deemed the least impressive and yet here