Guardiola on Haaland double as City breeze past Young Boys and into last 16
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00:00 Evening guys, welcome to as many of you as we can.
00:05 Start with James, please.
00:07 Hi, Pep.
00:09 If Haaland keeps scoring at this rate, can anyone stop him from winning at Ballon d'Or next year?
00:16 It was last week, next Ballon d'Or.
00:20 If he and his mates are able to win a lot of trophies, there will be a chance to win it.
00:27 If he doesn't, he's not going to win it.
00:31 I don't know if you're aware, but he gave his shirt to the young boys captain at half-time,
00:43 the captain appeared to ask for it and gave him it.
00:47 What do you think about that?
00:49 Because some of the older players think it's a bit unprofessional to be swapping shirts
00:54 or giving your shirt away at half-time.
00:57 I don't know, I didn't know it.
00:59 It's not normal, but I didn't know it.
01:02 Does it bother you?
01:04 No.
01:06 As much as we win 3-0, no.
01:08 It just seems a strange thing to do, though, midway through a game.
01:13 Yeah, but it happened, so I don't know.
01:19 I don't know the reason why it happened.
01:22 It's not a big subject for me right now.
01:25 You said on TV that Stones is injured and it looks quite bad.
01:31 How bad is that?
01:32 His muscle is injured, so he'll be away for a while.
01:36 It's a pity for him because he's a professional and he tried to do it.
01:41 Yeah, it's a pity.
01:43 It's bad news for us.
01:45 It's really bad news for tonight.
01:48 Are we talking weeks or months?
01:50 I don't know.
01:52 Just a wrap there, please, sir. Thank you.
01:55 You're through the group stages again, for an 11th year in a row.
02:02 There's probably a tendency to look at your team and think
02:04 that the group stages of the Champions League make it look quite easy,
02:07 but before kick-off Barcelona were beaten by Jacques Tart,
02:11 it's obviously very tough, but you continue to make it look very, very easy.
02:14 Yeah.
02:17 Sometimes you have to fight against the tendency of the people
02:20 to think about us, about what is going to happen.
02:23 And the important thing is it's happened.
02:26 The important thing is that people say they're going to qualify for sure.
02:29 OK, we're going to qualify.
02:31 Still, the job is not done because we have to finish first,
02:34 because it's better to have the second leg in the last 16 at home than away,
02:38 because at home we feel confident.
02:40 And still you have a job to do, but the first step is qualify, it's done.
02:45 It's really, really... I'm really impressed.
02:47 We scored two fantastic goals, the second and third are amazing goals.
02:52 We played good games, and as I said before in the Flash interview,
02:57 still after one where we have done the uncomfortable things
03:01 that always require a football game, still we are able to do it amazingly.
03:05 And the rest of the quality they have, they do it.
03:11 We missed today, we lacked a little bit...
03:14 being sweeter or softer in the last touch, in the last action in the ATR box.
03:23 We were not good enough today, but the rest of that was really, really good.
03:29 -Mika? -Hello, Pep. Congratulations with three points.
03:33 There was a little bit of speculation if Erling was fit or if he was going to be rested.
03:40 Did he really want to play this game himself?
03:42 And how does these discussions work with you two?
03:44 No, I didn't even speak with him.
03:47 Yesterday we saw the training session, we saw how he moved and how happy he was.
03:52 He feels good, I said, "OK."
03:55 For us it's so important, Erling.
03:58 We have the sense of the threat, and he felt good, so I said, "OK, I'm going to play."
04:04 After the job was almost done, take a rest for next Sunday.
04:09 I know you don't like to speak so much about the national team,
04:12 but you have many important games now with Man City.
04:15 Not so important with Norway, a private match, and they cannot qualify for the Euros.
04:22 Do you hope that he won't play that much next week?
04:26 I'm not involved in the national team. The national team is so important for the players.
04:30 If they select him and Slobz Bacan believes he has to play,
04:36 I wouldn't say anything.
04:39 The players know exactly what they have to do.
04:42 The last four games, I would say Luton has done well,
04:46 because I saw the game against Liverpool and I had the feeling of how difficult it is.
04:52 But we have Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Aston Villa.
04:56 The next four games, in between, Liverpool and Spurs have Leipzig to qualify first.
05:02 It's so demanding. Now we lost John.
05:06 Hopefully the players can come back to the national team fit,
05:10 because we need everyone.
05:13 You said that the third goal was amazing from Erling.
05:18 Does anything he does now surprise you?
05:21 Or do you come to expect that from him?
05:28 Yes, because normally Erling scores goals.
05:30 He has six or eight-year-olds in the penalty spot.
05:33 But he has this talent. It's not the first time he's done it.
05:35 I think the reaction from Rico was amazing.
05:38 I feel that with Rico's attack, and I love when he attacks in the final third,
05:42 when the people see that, he makes a diagonal pass.
05:45 He makes an incredible diagonal pass and breaks the movement for the opponent.
05:48 After the control, he has the goal here.
05:51 Erling has the goal in that position when he doesn't think much.
05:56 It's always clinical.
05:57 It was a fantastic goal, the second one from Phil was amazing too.
06:00 The first control.
06:02 And finally, he didn't shoot strong.
06:04 He didn't put the ball on the net softly.
06:07 Like it always happens in the early ages,
06:10 when you arrive at 60, 70, 80-year-olds,
06:13 they always have this type of finishing.
06:16 And today, it's back. It's back that way.
06:20 You have to shoot strong there.
06:23 If you put the ball in a place close to the post,
06:25 the keeper cannot get it.
06:27 So he makes an incredible action.
06:29 The pass from Jack is perfect because it's the right tempo,
06:32 the right spot.
06:34 And the two double controls from Phil was amazing.
06:37 And after that, he put the ball in the net.
06:39 Really, really two goals. Beautiful.
06:41 And Tom?
06:43 You mentioned Jack there with his assist.
06:46 Jack said after the game that he feels he should be scoring more goals.
06:51 Is that something you agree with?
06:52 Is that something you've been telling him?
06:54 No, I was playing about him. He knows it.
06:56 So maybe with that assist, if they were to do it,
06:58 they have the chances.
07:00 You know, when they were on block, on luck,
07:03 I would say that the situation is scoring goals
07:06 because in the training session, right and left,
07:08 had the ability to do it.
07:10 Ty?
07:12 Just on Jack, when you brought Jeremy on towards the end,
07:14 Jack moved and played centrally.
07:16 Is that something you've obviously got a lot of competition
07:18 out wide now?
07:20 He can do it.
07:21 He can do it.
07:23 I think Jack would play there in that position,
07:25 maybe more free, but at the same time defensively.
07:27 Not because he has not the heart or spirit to defend,
07:30 because it's amazing how he helps us.
07:32 But he can play there.
07:34 Yeah, he can play.
07:36 Will?
07:38 When Rodri was suspended, you lost all three games.
07:42 You won tonight without Rodri.
07:44 Was it good to see how the combinations worked without him?
07:48 With being a long season, you'll need different variations in there.
07:50 For the way we play, we can play Rodri but not John.
07:53 The problem is we play John and Rodri at the same time.
07:56 Now we are in trouble.
07:58 Because you have to play a bit differently,
08:01 like what happened in Arsenal,
08:03 and after we are not feeling comfortable.
08:05 Still, we are not prepared to change many variations.
08:08 But I think Calvi and Blake had really good moments,
08:14 minutes, and the minutes they played,
08:17 Nathan in that position, like Manu sometimes,
08:20 they can play it.
08:22 They can play it.
08:24 Give us stability, control in the transitions,
08:27 and the simple things, Manu and Nathan can do it perfectly.
08:29 So, yeah, we have another option.
08:32 Finish your mic, please guys.
08:34 Did Mahmoud Alakandji pick up a back injury before tonight's game?
08:38 I was blocked in the back.
08:40 I was training and, you know, blocked.
08:42 When that happened, you look like 75 years old.
08:46 And, yeah, I could not play.
08:49 That's why Cal replaced him in the last moment.
08:52 Hopefully, it will not be a big issue.
08:55 I will be ready for Sunday.
08:57 Thank you, guys.
08:59 - Take care, guys.
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