Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits winning last season's Treble offers no special advantage this term.
City are alive to win the Treble again.
If it was easier to do it then another team like United would have done it again," Guardiola insists. It's not easy.
What I like is the satisfaction [of my players] after beating Luton Town and the celebration in the locker room.
That is what I like from my team and Brentford last season we could not beat them - zero points to their six, and the satisfaction when we won on Monday.
The players know how difficult it was and we know how difficult it will be in 10 or 11 days when they come to the Etihad to play the game in hand that both teams have.
Everything is so difficult in this business everything - with no guarantees. Do all the same things again play every three days to stay there until the end.
What I like is that we are still there. Close to the top of the league and in other competitions, we are there.
Hopefully arrive in March with the same feeling and we can fight for titles in May. This is the target.
We have the experience that we have together in these stages. Every game is a final.
16 games is a lot in the Premier League a lot and knowing and seeing contenders like Liverpool, especially, and Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Tottenham always they are there.
I don't have the feeling they will not drop many points. We will have to try to continue that rhythm."