Pep Guardiola spent part of Friday talking about how similar this season had been to last, how Manchester City have not dealt with this title charge any differently from how they did the previous year’s canter.
He again maintained that the Premier League title is the most difficult prize to get your hands on, while insisting that is not to diminish the hurt they felt in Europe.
He again described why, in his view, more observers are willing Liverpool to finish top — reasoning that City are still newcomers to the elite and that only creating more history over time can change that.