Guardiola implicitly confronts the two champions: winning the championship depends on spending money, the champion will not be decided in October

On September 19, Manchester City coach Guardiola publicly joked about his competitors at the pre-5th round of the Premier League press conference, bluntly saying that if Liverpool and Arsenal win the Premier League this season, it is purely due to huge transfer investment. On September 22, Manchester City will visit the Emirates Stadium and have a focus matchup with Arsenal, and both teams are currently 4 points behind the leader Liverpool.

In this summer's transfer window, Liverpool spent more than 400 million pounds to sign six strong players including Isak, Werz, Ekitic; Arsenal introduced eight players including Yorkres, Eze, and Suvimenti. Guardiola said: "The outside world always judges Manchester City with different standards, but in fact all the giants are spending money like money."

Although Manchester City has recovered recently and has blocked Manchester United and Naples in a row, the historical data is not good: the team has lost both away matches in the past two league games, tying the longest away defeat since 2009. In February this year, it lost 1-5 to the Emirates Stadium.

Regarding this battle that may put Manchester City behind the top 9 points, Guardiola calmly said: "The Premier League champion will not be decided in October. In the past 6 championships, we have been behind four or five times at the end of the year, and finally still turn the tables." He quoted Ferguson's famous saying: "The Boxing ceremony only needs to be close to the top four a few days ago, and the real competition will only begin after that."