Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola vows to get tough to retain title

• Spaniard has won back-to-back leagues with Barça and Bayern
• No club has defended the Premier League title since 2009

Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City’s players he will be harder on them next season to ensure they become the first club in a decade to retain the Premier League title.

No club has won back-to-back Premier League championships since Manchester United in 2008-09, and the reigning champions at the start of the past three seasons – Chelsea, Leicester City and Chelsea again – have all failed to qualify for the Champions League the following year.

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