Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes his side will face tough competition from their main rivals in the Premier League this season.
City have won the Premier League title in each of the last two seasons, becoming the first side to accumulate 100 points in a 38-game campaign in 2017/18, before defending their crown last season by pipping Liverpool to the title by one point, winning with 98 points.
But speaking to BT Sport after seeing his side win the Community Shield on penalties against Liverpool, he said he felt it may not just be a battle between the two rivals in 2019/20.
“If we take what happened last season, that is true," he said, when asked if he felt City and Liverpool would be the top two again.
“I would say that there are many, [Manchester] United will be back, Arsenal have bought good players, Tottenham as always have had a good pre-season and Chelsea of course are always there. I don't know what is going to happen, I will just try to prepare the team and try to win, and we will see what happens."
However, Guardiola spoke of the fine margins between the two sides after the Community Shield, with Liverpool fighting back from a goal down to take the game to penalties, only for City to prevail 5-4 in the shootout.
"Today, we score one more penalty than them [Liverpool], like last season, we got one more point than them," he said.
"But this is the level. Congratulations to the guys, and now the first week of the season is in our sight."
