Pep tells City home truths
Guardiola ends first season in English football with no silverware for the first time in his stellar management career with top clubs
Manchester — Manchester City’s home form had to improve next season if they were to challenge for honours, Pep Guardiola said after they had beaten West Bromwich Albion in their last home game. Guardiola’s first season in English football will end at Watford on Sunday with the Catalan failing to win silverware for the first time in his stellar managerial career. But Tuesday’s 3-1 victory over West Brom should be enough to guarantee a top-four finish — and a place in next season’s Champions League — while a win at Watford will assure City of advancing directly to the competition proper. “I will not say fourth position is done, but Arsenal have to win by five or six against Everton and my good friend Ronald Koeman,” Guardiola said. “We are there and we are going to travel to London to try and finish third and go direct to the Champions League. I’m happy it’s in our hands to finish third,” he said. “This club had not played in Europe for 30 years. Now we are there every year, but we ha...
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