Our treble is once in a lifetime, says City boss Pep

Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Thursday that last season's remarkable treble success was a "once in a lifetime" achievement as he tried to lower expectations on the eve of a new campaign.

City, bidding to become the first side to win four consecutive English top-flight titles, start the Premier League season away to Burnley on Friday. They will be favourites for every competition they enter but Guardiola warned against a repeat of last term's triumphs, which also saw City crowned champions of Europe for the first time as well as lifting the FA Cup.

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"It feels like it finished yesterday but we start again," Guardiola told a pre-match press conference on Thursday. "I don't think it will be possible to do what we did last season, it's once in a lifetime. I said to the players forget about it. We climbed the highest mountain last season but we have come down that mountain now," he said.

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