Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes it has never been harder to become Premier League champions since he joined the club over seven years ago.
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The City boss is targeting a fourth successive league title this season but faces stiffer competition and his team have lost two of their first 10 matches. City are third in the table with 24 points, two behind leaders Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal are second and Liverpool are a point behind City in fourth place.
"Every season is tougher compared with when I arrived. Better managers, better teams," Guardiola told reporters on Friday ahead of their home clash with Bournemouth."Andoni is an incredible manager, playing offensive, attractive," Guardiola said.City striker Erling Haaland, 23, was one of the favourites to win his first Ballon d'Or on Monday after scoring 52 goals in 53 matches last season as City won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
"Haaland has all his career ahead of him. He has to continue winning and a chance to say 'maybe next season I can be there'. He was pleased to be in there."French club Lille said on Friday that their fans had been banned from travelling to Marseille this weekend, due to fears of crowd trouble after hooligans forced last week's match between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais to be abandoned.
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