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Pep Guardiola: 'I am pleased to have won Premier League title my way'

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is pleased to have won the Premier League title this season by keeping true to his sttyle of play and philosophy.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has expressed his delight with winning the Premier League title by keeping true to his philosophy.

The Catalan, who enjoyed success at Barcelona and Bayern prior to taking the Citizens job in 2016, was criticised for finishing last season empty-handed.

Rather than change his tactics, however, Guardiola persevered with his swashbuckling style of play and was able to reap the dividends this term as Man City cruised to the championship.

When asked by Thierry Henry at Sky Sports News how much it meant to win the title while sticking to his guns, Guardiola replied: "A lot.

"I know a lot of people said we won in Barcelona because of Messi, they are right, and people say we won at Bayern Munich because they always win, they are right too. But at City people had doubts that I would be able to win that way, even myself. But we did it. That is why I'm so happy.

"Now how we react and handle our success will determine whether we can make it back to back. Only United and Chelsea were able to win back-to-back titles, that's how difficult it is. I don't know how my players will react to the success, I don't know how I'm going to react to my success here either. That is the challenge for the next season.

"We came here where there is more physicality and had high per cent of possession, a lot of goals, concede a few chances every game and we were able to win. People said that was because we invested a lot, that is true, without good players you cannot do that. I completely agree with them. But overall, we did it."

Man City have only lost seven matches in all competitions this season en route to a Premier League and EFL Cup double.

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