Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola had a defiant answer when asked if his side could repeat their treble-winning season.
The Citizens remain in contention for the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup trophies, which won last season for the first time in their history.
Manchester United are the only other English side to win the famous treble, but they did get close to achieving it again in the 2007/08 season after winning the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.
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Guardiola feels there is a big chance the Citizens will not repeat last season's historic feat this time around.
"This is a fairytale, it's more complicated than that," Guardiola told a news conference on Friday.
"Try to beat Everton and we will see what happens. We have 99.99% possibility that we are not going to win the treble because never, never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever has [anyone] done it.
"If it was easy, another team -- Manchester United in that time -- would do it again. It's not easy.
"Everything is so difficult in this business, what we did in the past doesn't guarantee anything. You have to do all the things again every three days to stay there until the end.
"Hopefully we arrive in March and April with the same feeling to fight for the titles in May. This is the target."
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