Guardiola: Nervousness and pressure are natural before Liverpool clash

The defending champions will travel to Anfield to face another of their title rivals only a week after

.

Ahead of the game, the former

and

boss said he thrives on these kinds of games.

"All these kind of feelings have to be there - excitement, nervousness, pressure, emotions,"

he said

.

"If you don't have those feelings in important games, like the previous ones or for the biggest ones, this business is not for you.

"Maybe you don't sleep better the day before, or sleep good when it's over or not if the performance is not good, but this is how you live this life.

"I still have it before the games. If you don't feel that you are not for the business. You have to feel it."

City have a poor record against Liverpool at Anfield with only a 4-1 victory last season, but Guardiola feels most of their games have been close.

He said:

"The first season we played there we lost 1-0, the game was not good. We didn't play.

"The rest we were really good, even losing 3-0 in the Champions League. In many games we've shown incredible personality going there.

"An away fixture at Anfield is always one of the toughest ones.

"In the last two or three or four years, we were there, all the time. That is the biggest compliment we can get as a club. It is the best. We want to continue to be there."

Follow

for the