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One victory does not signal that City are back, says Guardiola
Gulf Today
|August 18, 2025
The several thousand Manchester City fans who travelled to Molineux on Saturday sang “City are back” as Pep Guardiola’s men kicked off their season with a thorough 4-0 Premier League thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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But Guardiola, whose once-mighty team stormed to four consecutive league titles before last season's shocking third-place finish, pleaded patience, saying that one win meant little.
"The start is a good result, (but) no more than last season. Last season we started against Chelsea, 2-0 (win), and look what happened later,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.
“Last season also, we started with hunger and energy,” he added. “We see just the first game. So many, many points are still to play (for).”
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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