(Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City’s Premier League title challenge “will be over” if they fail to beat resurgent West Ham on Saturday. City could kick off at the London Stadium, 10 points behind leaders Arsenal, should the Gunners beat Everton earlier in the day. But they must bounce back from the disappointment of a 3-0 Champions League drubbing at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday that means their chances of progressing to the quarter-finals are slim. “The league was the most difficult title,” Guardiola said Friday. “Always I said when I arrived in the last 10 games every team plays for something — for relegation, for Europa League, for Conference League, for Champions League, to be champions.

Source: Punch March 13, 2026 16:29 UTC