Guardiola thinks that what he and the team have won in the past is of no significance as City target glory in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
We are aiming to chase down Arsenal in the top-flight, we take on Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-finals and a double-header against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals is firmly on the horizon.
At City, Guardiola has earned four Premier League titles, four League Cups and an FA Cup added to the huge trophy haul he enjoyed at Barcelona and Bayern as boss.
Guardiola insists that ‘when you are a grandfather, that’s nice’ but to keep competitive ‘you have to prove it every single day’.
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He said: “The past is the past, experience doesn’t count.
“I hear sometimes players or managers say ‘I don’t have to show anything or demonstrate anything because of what I have done in the past’. It’s the most awful sentence.
“You have to prove it every single day, again and again and again. The past is the past.
“For the memories when you are a grandfather it’s nice but the reality, the people tomorrow will come to the Etihad Stadium and they won’t think about what we have done in the past.
“You have to [do it] again and again. Otherwise you have to retire.
“I never play a game thinking because of my experience in the past I am going to win this game.
“I think in football, what you have done yesterday doesn’t count for tomorrow.”
City face Liverpool this weekend in an exciting Saturday 12:30 (UK) encounter.
Jurgen Klopp’s team go into this encounter in sixth spot in the Premier League, 19 points behind City.
Under Klopp, the Reds have won the Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League, the Super Cup and the Club World Cup so this season will be a frustrating one for the Merseysiders.
Guardiola says he’s more than aware that this could happen to City, too.
He added: “I never think [that you should] overestimate me so much or the team so much that this is not going to happen.
“Every time, it can happen what happened to Liverpool this season or with other cases. It can happen to us absolutely.
“When it’s going to happen, [you have to] try to find a solution as soon as possible to avoid it.
“[If] it happened two bad weeks, three weeks, [on] the fourth week try to find a solution to avoid it.
“And when that happens, accept the storm and always tomorrow the sun will rise.
“The only thing I believe is don’t complain and find a solution and try to avoid it. But know that can happen!”
