Pep: This season 'most difficult' of my career

Manchester City brag Pep Guardiola has admitted this play has been the astir hard of his managerial career.

Guardiola has watched his squad conflict to support the precocious standards which saw them triumph a grounds 4 titles successful a row.

City slipped retired of the contention for the Premier League aboriginal successful the run and were dumped retired of the Champions League by Real Madrid successful the archetypal knockout round.

They volition inactive extremity the play with a trophy if they tin bushed Crystal Palace successful the FA Cup and they're connected people to suffice for adjacent season's Champions League.

But Guardiola, who has besides had spells astatine Barcelona and Bayern Munich successful his 17 years arsenic a manager, says it volition inactive spell down arsenic the toughest of his career.

"It's been the astir hard [season], that's for sure," said Guardiola.

"It's been much demanding. Much more. When you don't triumph it's much demanding emotionally and preparing and the moods and everything.

"It's been much difficult. It's been much hard than the erstwhile seasons we played for the titles."

Guardiola has signed a declaration to enactment astatine the Etihad Stadium until 2027.

The 54-year-old has won 12 league titles successful 3 countries arsenic good arsenic lifting the Champions League 3 times. But helium insists helium volition inactive person thing to beryllium adjacent play arsenic helium attempts to wrestle the rubric backmost from Liverpool.

"Every clip we person to beryllium ourselves," helium said.

"When I listened to the players who said what I've done successful my career, I don't person thing to prove. Completely wrong. They should retire.

"When it's done, it's done. So the radical wage the tickets to travel to the stadium to bash it each time.

"I had to beryllium myself again and again. And I'm disappointed successful myself erstwhile it's not going well. When I discontinue I volition reappraisal my career. But close now, adjacent crippled I person to beryllium myself. So beingness doesn't unrecorded from memories."