Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the team are in danger of missing out on a place in next season's Champions League!

Manchester City are currently in their 14th consecutive season in European football's most prestigious club competition.

Only Arsenal between 1998 and 2017, and Manchester United between 1996 and 2014, have a longer record of qualifying among English clubs.

City are seventh in the Premier League after 17 matches, four points behind Nottingham Forest in fourth and a point behind fifth-placed Bournemouth.

England are currently top of Uefa's European Performance Spot table and well placed to secure a fifth place in next season's Champions League, although City would still not qualify on current standings.

"When I said before, people laughed," said Guardiola. "They said, 'qualifying for the Champions League is not a big success. But I know it because it happens with clubs in this country. They were dominant for many years and after they were many years not qualifying for the Champions League,” explained Pep.

Guardiola's side host Everton on Boxing Day, before a trip to Leicester on 29 December and a home match against West Ham on 4 January.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United finished in the Premier League's top four from the 2005-06 season to 2008-09. At least three of them also occupied the top four spots for 15 successive campaigns until 2012.