Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits he's surprised to be so far ahead of Manchester United.

Guardiola admits he's been surprised at United's decline since he arrived to the Premier League at the start of the 2016-17 season.

He said, “I never expected this position after the previous seasons we finished when I arrived here in England.

“And right now to have this distance against United in these last three or four years I didn't expect it.

“Because when you analyse United individually and collectively they are so good. So that is why I don't see it.

“I didn't expect when I landed here to have this gap right now with United, even in the past.

“But what United expects now is getting closer to the people above them and they are working to improve that.

“Manchester City wants to improve too so at the end of the season the distance is what it is. And if we are 22 points behind Liverpool, it is because they were much better than us."