City faced the horizon of five Premier League leaders at the weekend at the weekend, but achieved a key result to strengthen their hopes for the Champions League in the 2025-26 season.
The level of English teams in Europe means that the Premier League is fifth in the Continent’s Premier League tournament for next season, leaving City in a healthy position.
But they needed a late performance at Mercedes for all three points, and the reaction eventually highlighted how important it was.
The players and staff of the city took the way to the corner of the stadium, which was in its own supporters, and they were praised and accepted with slogans for Guardiola and Kevin de Bruyne.
Success in their next game against Aston Villa, who are also looking for a place of five key players, will take a long way to sign a long-term place in the Champions League.
“If you win, you have a character. If you win, you don’t have a character,” Guardiola said.
“What these players have done for decade, I’m very grateful, whatever happened – this season more than ever, in the most difficult menstrual cycle for many reasons, especially injuries.
“We were more or less stable, we continued and left for the next time. We are far from Liverpool and Arsenal, but we sleep in fourth place tonight.
“We have the final game, three games at home, two away and we hope to win this big victory to win the Champions League,” he said.
“It’s a big win for Manchester City. Champions League football is the lowest absolute club,” former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson told the BBC 5 live.