The run has seen Guardiola's side slip to fourth in the Premier League table, behind Arsenal, Brighton and leaders Liverpool - and the City boss feels his side's title rivals are enjoying their downturn in form. "As is normal in sport, they take the p*** and they laugh at your defeats," Guardiola said. "That’s normal.

Pep Guardiola doesn’t like going to Anfield at the best of times. “They scare me,” the Manchester City manager said of Liverpool and its prolific, Mohamed Salah-led strikeforce during a fly-on-the-wall documentary back in 2018,

Manchester City travel to Anfield to play Liverpool on Sunday desperate to end their miserable run of form and close the eight-point gap that Arne Slot's side hold