Pep Guardiola says that the most successful teams grow through the season and that his City side are getting better.

It felt a long way from Barcelona as a rain-soaked Pep Guardiola stood under an autumnal Manchester downpour on Sunday but there was no place he would rather be as the 1,000th game of his managerial career underlined that the magic still remains.

Pep Guardiola’s men return to domestic action on Sunday evening as the Etihad Stadium prepares to host a clash of titans that is Manchester City vs Liverpool. Last time out earlier this week, the Sky Blues welcomed Nico Kovac’s high-flying Borussia Dortmund to Manchester in an enthralling UEFA Champions League fixture.

Virgil van Dijk thought he scored the equaliser before the break, but his header was disallowed after VAR determined Andrew Robertson, who was in an offside position, obstructed Gianluigi Donnarumma’s attempt to save the shot.

Manchester City’s first-team squad has seen a total of five nominations for the latest iteration of FIFA’s The Best awards.Confirmation of nominations across various awards comes just weeks after