"The team has a good vibe. We had energy. We lost energy last season. I don't know why. We were not like this team has been for many years. We lost players but we tried to push each other and we were not able to do it. Even then, we finished third. Normally, in that situation in the Premier League, you finish 10th. Since the Club World Cup in the United States, I felt something different than what happened last season in general."
"City's 22 points from 11 matches are actually one fewer than they had accumulated at the same stage of last season, but a terrible run of form in the winter knocked them out of the title race and limited their ambitions to Champions League qualification. Guardiola believes City were fortunate to finish as high as third in 2024-25, but he says there is a different feeling around the squad this term."
Manchester City produced a dominant 3-0 win over Liverpool at the Etihad, with goals from Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku after an early Haaland penalty was saved. The win marked Pep Guardiola's 1,000th game in management and cut the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal to four points. City recorded 14 shots to Liverpool's seven and outperformed expected goals by 1.6 xG to 0.7. The club is unbeaten in eight home league matches against reigning champions. City collected 22 points from 11 matches, one fewer than the same stage last season, after a winter slump the prior campaign limited title ambitions, but squad energy has risen since the Club World Cup in the United States.
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