The Citizens moved in third place on the Premier League standings after thrashing Crystal Palace 5-0 at the Etihad on Saturday, moving ahead of Liverpool on goal difference and four ahead of the Red Devils in fifth place.
Guardiola believes City would have been worthy champions this season had they been more clinical in front of goal. The mood's not great because we are at that time in the season where we need to win games and it didn't happen on Sunday (at Boro). "We gifted the points to Burnley by not staying in the game at 1-0, and then against City we didn't deserve anything".
By the end of the match Kompany's centre-back partner Nicolás Otamendi had joined him on the scoresheet as City shared the goals around, something they have not been doing enough this season for Guardiola's liking.
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"Tottenham [in a 2-0 win at White Hart Lane last October] is the only team I can think of who created more chances than us [in a game]", he said. "The others, no chance", the 46-year-old said.
"Finish strongly now and we give ourselves something to look forward to next season because you want to be in four competitions", Kompany said. We kept shooting and kept trying and we forced it to go our way.
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For much of the opening half-an-hour, it seemed inevitable that more goals would follow, as Palace offered little midfield resistance.
"No, it depends on a lot of things but the most important thing for me is to do my best, I have my opportunity to play now, to try to show what I can do and how I can help the team". Nobody can beat us. We are the best one.
"In certain areas we have been doing extremely well - no result or ranking will be able to translate that". The most hard thing in football, basketball, tennis, in all the sports is to do it in the last moment. "That's why we are in the situation we are in".
City have struggled for defensive solidity under Guardiola but boast clean sheets in three of their past four league matches with their skipper restored to the team.
"Our system did not cause us to concede today's first goal - our defender had to clear the ball and he didn't, and from it they scored. That would be incredible".
Silva, making his 200th Premier League start, angled a chip towards Sterling and then, when the cross was half-cleared by Martin Kelly, timed his run perfectly to side-foot a volley into the corner of the net.
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