MANCHESTER -- Brendan Rodgers believes it will take time for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola to get used to the intensity of the Premier League.
Guardiola enjoyed huge success with previous clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich before joining City in the summer but his side are four points behind leaders Chelsea, who won 3-1 at the Etihad on Saturday.
Former Liverpool manager Rodgers, who takes his Celtic side to City for a Champions League clash on Tuesday night, says Guardiola will not have faced the same challenge in La Liga or the Bundesliga.
"It's just going to take time -- he won't have had before the level of competition that it's in the Premier League," Rodgers told a news conference.