The countdown has begun. The temptation is palpable. There are just 90 minutes of football and West Ham United left standing between Manchester City and history. The Cityzens would secure their fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday afternoon if they beat the Hammers at the Etihad (6 pm).Pep Guardiola and his boys will celebrate a title even if they draw or lose, and Arsenal, being two points down, fail to top Everton at the Emirates simultaneously. Pep Guardiola’s reaction to this question. 😂😂😂🎥 @BeanymanSports pic.twitter.com/xkXYiefSfZ— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) May 17, 2024 Talking about the decisive game of the season, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday that his team wants to experience the title celebration again.”You can’t think ‘we want to win it’, you have to do something to [earn] it, you have to be resilient in the bad moments like what happened against Aston Villa [in 2022] and against Spurs in the last game.”Don’t talk about the consequences, just what you have to do to win, to control it, the transitions, the coolness, the set-pieces, the long balls – how you defend every single ball. There’s a lot of stuff that West Ham demand that you have to do, and you have to do it perfectly. These are the only things on my mind,” explained Guardiola, adding he doesn’t want to play the game thinking about the consequences, and what would happen if.##NAJAVA_MECA_8109586####EDITORS_CHOICE##”We would like to be 3-0 up after ten minutes, but that’s not going to happen.”I’m ready for it to be a tough, tough game. I want to put in the mind of the players, ‘look at Tottenham [on Tuesday], how they fought for every ball’.”[West Ham] will be ready to beat us. I don’t have any doubt about that. It was the same with Aston Villa two years ago – they were in the same position, they didn’t have anything to play for – and we know what happened.”Our people have to come here and be ready from the first minute, to be with us and do it together.”If I am Mikel Arteta then it’s West Ham and Arsenal combined vs Manchester City. I’d be on the phone. pic.twitter.com/0zlE3EA62b— Triple M (@Tripple____M) May 17, 2024 Asked on whether his players can have an ‘Aguero moment’, referring to their last gasp winning of the 2011-12 Premier League title, the Spaniard said: “I saw the reaction in the locker room at Spurs. They were relieved, wow, but there were no extra celebrations or anything like that. They were happy but incredibly calm, nothing more special than another game in the Premier League. They knew it gave us a chance for the final day of the season.”##NAJAVA_MECA_42197##But what if a major upset and surprise happens, and Manchester City finish the title race as the runners-up…”Even if we don’t win it, [the players] have been so fine in this period. Still we are here together, nothing’s going to change.”But if you ask all the Premier League teams at the beginning of the season what would be the better position in the last game of the season, we are in the best position. That’s for sure. We have one game left, destiny’s in our hands,” concluded Pep.PREMIER LEAGUE – FINAL MATCHDAYSunday18:00: (1.15) Arsenal (8.00) Everton (16.0)18:00: (3.05) Brentford (3.50) Newcastle (2.15)18:00: (2.10) Brighton (3.70) Man.Utd. (3.25)18:00: (2.80) Burnley (3.45) Nott.Forest (2.45)18:00: (1.45) Chelsea (4.60) Bournemouth (6.75)18:00: (2.15) Crystal Palace (3.60) Aston Villa (3.25)18:00: (1.20) Liverpool (7.25) Wolverhampton (12.0)18:00: (2.85) Luton (3.50) Fulham (2.40)18:00: (1.12) Man.City (10.0) West Ham (16.0)18:00: (9.00) Sheffield Utd (5.90) Tottenham (1.30)***odds are subject to change***
