Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said lifting the Club World Cup on Friday would be something his players can cherish forever as he played down the importance of the English champions' patchy Premier League form.

City will lock horns with Al Ahly of Egypt on Friday.  

The FA has now fined City after they admitted their players behaved in an improper way.

Micah Hamilton said he had been left struggling for words following his goalscoring debut for Manchester City in the Champions League.

Guardiola made nine changes to the side that played in their 2-1 Premier League win at Luton Town on Sunday.

"As a manager I sometimes need that, I need that challenge," Guardiola told a press conference on Friday.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said he still feels his side are going to win the Premier League for a record fourth year in a row despite drawing their last three games.

Guardiola said he had a lot of admiration for fellow-Spaniard Emery.

City have until Thursday to respond to the charge.

"It's not the first time we are in this situation where we are playing good but results don't come."

The City defender knows he does not have to worry about a similar night of misery.

Liverpool will become the latest team to attempt to storm Manchester City's Etihad fortress this weekend as Everton focus on Premier League survival following a punishing points deduction for breaching financial rules.

Dominant City have won the title in five of the past six seasons, with Liverpool the only team to break that run in 2020.

It is alleged City stopped paying Mendy in September 2021 after he was initially charged and held in custody.

Pep Guardiola's team have won all four of their Group G matches, ensuring their progress to the last 16 with two games to spare.

Haaland arrived in rain-lashed Bern without a goal in his previous five Champions League matches.

Pep Guardiola has denied tipping Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi to be his successor at Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola says Lionel Messi should have his own category at the Ballon d'Or but admitted the World Cup winner and Manchester City hotshot Erling Haaland would both be deserving winners of the prize.

Arsenal were Manchester City's biggest rivals last season and the London club will once again be contenders for the Premier League title, City boss Pep Guardiola said on Friday.

Alvarez curled his shot from the edge of the box into the top corner in the 84th minute and then set up Doku in stoppage time for their third goal as City, who had lost to Newcastle United in the EFL Cup before their league loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, moved up to six points from two games in top spot