Pep Guardiola says he is not motivated by the prospect of beating his own record for consecutive victories in the top European leagues.
Guardiola's Manchester City travel to Newcastle on Wednesday looking to win their 18th Premier League game in a row.
The 17 they have won in succession to date is already a record for all English football and also eclipses the 16 Guardiola achieved while in charge of Barcelona.
The next target for him is to better the 19 he recorded as Bayern Munich manager, the highest number in the Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A or Ligue 1.
"Since August we have won a lot of games, and that is why we are happy," Guardiola said. "Our lives are better when we win. It is simple like that.
"I am not going to sleep thinking about if I am going to break a record of my Bayern Munich time. Nothing special. Focus on Newcastle. That is the best thing.''
City reached the semifinals of the Carabao Cup last week and are already through to the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Their form suggests this could be a phenomenal campaign but, should they maintain this trajectory, the problem of fixture congestion will undoubtedly rear its head.
That means squad rotation potentially coming into play more than it has to date, but Guardiola is confident he has enough tools at his disposal to plot a way forward.
He said: "Fatigue I don't think [will be a problem]. It may happen but we have a good enough squad. Gabriel didn't play [on Saturday) but he played 120 minutes at Leicester and is the best fighter in the high pressing I have ever seen in my life. He helps us a lot with that intensity.
"Bernardo [Silva] played an amazing 30 minutes, Danilo helped us, [Ilkay] Gundogan as well and we have Yaya [Toure]. Last game [Oleksandr] Zinchenko was man of the match and Saturday was not in the squad.
"Of course we are going to rotate in this period. Everybody has played in the past and everyone is going to play in the future.''
Guardiola revealed after Saturday's 4-0 win over Bournemouth that he would be spending a considerable amount of time over Christmas preparing for Newcastle.
He said: "I could not see them [until now]. Now, these two days, three days, in Christmas time I am going to sit down with my staff, laptops, and am going to try to discover what they do and how to keep our pace and intensity with and without the ball. That is our target.''