Pep Guardiola: Liverpool would win any league title in Europe this season

Pep Guardiola believes Liverpool would win the title in any of Europe's top leagues this season, conceding defeat to Jurgen Klopp 's champions in waiting with 14 games still to play.

City are lagging 16 points behind the Premier League runaway leaders, and have been no match for the world and European title holders this term.

Guardiola will now turn his attention to the Champions League and FA Cup, in which his side cruised to a 4-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.

Liverpool at champions in waiting, amassing a huge 16 point lead with 14 games left to play

'Liverpool obviously will be champions of the Premier League, but they would be champions in Spain, champions in Italy, champions in Germany,' the Spaniard said.

'They would be champions everywhere after 23 games, 22 victories, one draw.

'In the recent past when Chelsea won the league, the next season, they didn't qualify for the Champions League, Leicester the same and Chelsea again the same. When we won the league we repeated the league.

'In Spain with the points we have we would be there, one or two points behind the leader, in Germany we would be there, one or two points behind the leader, in Italy as well.

City cruised into the last-16 of the FA Cup with a 4-0 Fulham win, looking to salvage the season'But Liverpool are just fantastic, phenomenal, overwhelming. So we have to accept it and learn from that.'

The Reds are still unbeaten in the league this season, their only blemish a 1-1 draw with rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.

City face Real Madrid in the Champions League last-16, a monumental tie in Guardiola's reign.

The Etihad side are searching for their first European title - something Guardiola was principally brought in to deliver