Pep Guardiola said that winning three Premier League titles in succession has been an ‘exceptional’ achievement – as he already eyes a fourth crown in 2023/24.

Guardiola’s City became only the fifth club in the history of English football to win three top-flight titles in a row after Huddersfield Town (1924-1926), Arsenal (1933-1935), Liverpool (1982-1984) and Manchester United (1999-2001 & 2007-2009).

And Guardiola will be looking to lead City to our fourth in succession - becoming the first to do that in our domestic game.

He said: “When we start next season, we are going to try to be the first team to win four Premier Leagues.

“We don’t need decades to think about how good it was. We have the feeling we have done something exceptional.

“To be one of the greatest teams in Europe you have to win the Champions League otherwise maybe people will say it’s not complete.

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“But just in case we cannot do it against Inter or next season, what we have done is extraordinary. Everybody knows it.

“The next season all the teams will want to beat us, it’s normal.

“Defending our crown, mentally we have to prepare for that. That will be the challenge.

“We are going to play with the quality that we have - and human quality. The quality will be there.”

Watch the manager’s press conference in the video player above.