Although they won the Community Shield at the beginning of the season after defeating Manchester United on penalties, City finished the previous season without a major trophy for the first time in eight years.

When asked if he felt more pressure after missing out on the major awards last season during his pre-match press conference on Monday, Guardiola said he wasn’t concerned with winning.
The City manager stated, “It’s not about winning or losing trophies, it’s about how the team grows up, how the team is better.”

“We didn’t play well last season, so we didn’t deserve to win more than one title. Therefore, it would be satisfying to win a trophy even if we weren’t playing well. You know, knockout stages can happen if you’re lucky.

“It’s not about that” advertisements. It’s not about that, I assure you. Our goal is to improve the team’s performance since it will satisfy us and our supporters.

Guardiola, who has reassembled his team in the last year after important players left, stated that the goal was to get better every game.

The goal was to improve game by game, according to Guardiola, who has rebuilt his team over the past year after important players left.

He clarified, “That is the target, and it has been like that all the time.” “And you can win the title while you are in that process and compete for it.

“But after the title, there are a lot of compliments; the next day, there are a few fewer; two days later, three days later, everything is forgotten. It is one more. Thus, it’s the process and the way you get better. You have to accomplish it in order to practice our vocation.

Beginning in 2018, City won the League Cup four times in a row. Under Guardiola, the trophy served as a springboard for ten years of dominance in English football.

They are now trailing leaders Arsenal by six points after Liverpool overthrew them as Premier League champions last season.