The several thousand Manchester City fans who traveled to Molineux on Saturday sang "City are back" as Pep Guardiola's men kicked off their Premier League season with a thorough 4-0 thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

But Guardiola, whose once-mighty team stormed to four consecutive league titles before last season's shocking third-place finish, pleaded patience, saying that one win meant little.

"The start is a good result, (but) no more than last season. Last season we started against Chelsea, 2-0 (win), and look what happened later," Guardiola told Sky Sports.