Pep Guardiola says people expect to see Manchester City wiped "off the face of the Earth" amid the ongoing hearing into the club's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.
Champions in six of the past seven seasons, City could, in theory, face a points deduction serious enough to condemn them to relegation - or even expulsion - from the Premier League, if found to have breached regulations.
City strongly deny all charges but Guardiola believes their Premier League rivals want to see them punished.