Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has enjoyed a fresh pop at Liverpool ahead of the Community Shield.
Guardiola counts winning the Premier League as the benchmark of true class and compared winning the Champions League to the lucky spin of a roulette wheel.
He said: Of course we have to win in Europe because it's an important tournament and difficult to win.
But I am not going to go to the casino and gamble everything I have in my pocket on just seven
I want to be happy for 11 months and winning the Premier League makes me happy.
Why am I going to wait until February for seven games and put everything on black?
From my point of view, that's too risky. To maintain the health and focus of the team, it always has to be the Premier League.
The Premier League is always the most important thing, the stand-out competition, because it is every weekend.
I think we will be closer to achieving in Europe when we have more Premier League titles. That is the right process at Manchester City."
The City boss insists he would not swap what his team achieved last season for Liverpool's sixth European success.
He said: Of course we would like to win the Champions League - so big respect to Liverpool.
But is why is that a higher (achievement) than what we did in 11 months?
I am pretty sure Liverpool would have liked to have won the Premier League, because it is 29 years since they last did.
It's incredibly good what they did in the Champions League, but we were better in the league.
What we did has never been achieved before. It was awesome and I think my colleagues and football players worldwide know how difficult it is."
