Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are in a better frame of mind to fight for three consecutive titles than when they tried to complete the same feat in 2019-20.
City could not recover after quickly falling behind Liverpool that season and Guardiola suggested on Friday it was down to a slip in standards.
The manager insisted that he has witnessed renewed vigour from his squad as they aim to become only the fifth club in history to lift three successive English top-flight titles.
‘After back-to-back Premier League titles I said I wanted to take a look at how we came back in pre-season,’ Guardiola said.