Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was asked about the hardest title of his managerial career after winning titles with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

Guardiola responded: “[This year’s Premier League] is so hard, because of the quality of Arsenal. But in the past against Liverpool, it was incredibly hard as well.

“And in Barcelona I remember against [Real] Madrid, it was really really hard as well. So when you say ‘this team is better than this one’ or ‘this league is more difficult than the other one’, all of them are so difficult.”

Pressed about comparing his successes, the City boss offered an interesting anecdote, replying: “Your son is not nicer than your daughter!”