Manchester City, best club of the decade - Guardiola

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has hailed the club as the best the English Premier League had in the last decade.

Over the past 10 years, the club won four English Premier League titles, two more than their closest rivals Manchester United and Chelsea.

Giving up on title hopes this season, Guardiola still believes City deserves all the recognition they can get.

"I think this club, in the last decade, was the best team," Guardiola said on Tuesday. "In terms of points, in terms of goals, titles and everything. So I congratulate Manchester City for that.

"So when we analyse every single day here, what happens day by day, we analyse that, but we have a perspective of what's happened in 10 seasons.

"Especially when the people from Abu Dhabi took over the club and bought good players, interesting managers and bigger staff. I think we did it incredibly well.

"Because fighting with huge elephants here in England, the big clubs with the biggest history, with us in the last decade, we were a part of them, that is amazing."

Despite sitting in third place and 14 points behind Liverpool in the EPL table, Guardiola still believes 2019 was great for the club.

“People say ‘how was 2019?’ Now people are saying it is a disaster,” he said. “We won four titles. In some games in this last part of the year we have struggled but it was an incredible year for us."

He further expressed hope that City can continue in its position as one of the EPL elite clubs.

“The big clubs in England are always looking forward. We are going to try and analyse not just in terms of the squad but as a club how we can do better," Guardiola added.

"Hopefully in the next decade this club can be here for more time.”

Man City will be kick-starting their 2020 on New Year's day against Everyone after winning their last game of 2019 against Sheffield United.