Pep Guardiola rant outlines Man City's challenge for next season

Where do you go once you’ve reached the top? The Carabao Cup (again)?

That’s the challenge facing Pep Guardiola next season after Manchester City’s Treble success. There are two carrots he can use in trying to motivate his players.

One is becoming the first side to do the quadruple by doing it all over again but this time with a League Cup in February. The other, probably more likely ambition, is to become the first team in the Premier League era to win four consecutive titles.

This City side are serial winners and it would be a shock if another trophy isn’t added to the cabinet, especially with the Community Shield, Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup to go at.

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But after these early-season competitions, Guardiola will need to find a new source of inspiration for his players. “I think the job is done,” he told a Spanish news outlet in the days after the Champions League triumph.

“This Champions League already gives meaning to the five Premier Leagues that we won. But it is also true that we need to go home, disconnect more than a little and knowing all of us, when the adrenaline starts again, we will plug in again."

Speaking to the media after the win in Istanbul, Guardiola looked visibly exhausted - happy, but tired. You can be sure he will be chomping at the bit by the time August comes around, though.

He will want to avoid the situation he found himself in after City’s 4-2 January comeback win over Tottenham, when the Blues were two goals down at the break. Broadcasters expected the manager to be in a jovial mood at full time, but far from it.

“There is nothing from the stomach and the guts,” he said of his players in an interview rant that