Pep Guardiola is not too concerned about his difficult start to life as Manchester City manager.

The Spaniard saw his City side fall to fifth on the Premier League table following a 1-0 loss at Liverpool on New Year's Eve.

Things have not exactly gone to plan for Guardiola since his arrival at the Etihad Stadium but the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss, who has already won six league titles in his managerial career, is not downcast about his current club's situation.

"Yes, normally I was top. I was there a lot of times with Barcelona and Bayern Munich," he said.

"But, OK, this is a new chapter in my career to handle and I am willing to try it. Now we have to focus on the next game and that is against Burnley.

"It's not the time to put a lot of stress on things by saying 'Oh, if you don't win the Premier League, wow, that's not going to be a good season'.

"We are going to analyse what happens at the end of the season with our people — 'That was good, that was bad'."