Guardiola happy with point against strong Chelsea side
Guardiola happy with point against strong Chelsea side
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00:12 Evening, guys. We've got mics on either side.
00:14 If you can raise your hands, let us know you want to ask a question.
00:16 We'll come to as many of you as possible.
00:18 We'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30 on Sunday.
00:20 Jamie, please.
00:22 Hi, Pep.
00:24 Rodri has said that, given how you defended in the first half,
00:27 you didn't really deserve more than what you got.
00:30 Is that fair enough? He was saying you didn't defend very well.
00:32 Sorry, sorry.
00:34 Rodri has said just now that, given how city your team defended in the first half,
00:39 you didn't deserve more than you got because you didn't defend particularly good.
00:43 Is that fair?
00:45 Well, we didn't perform our level in the first half.
00:50 When you play teams that are composed and prestigious like Chelsea,
00:55 you have to perform 94, 95 minutes at your best.
00:58 We started to play after we conceded a goal.
01:00 Like, we make, "Oh, what happened here?"
01:03 We were not at our best.
01:07 It can happen, the transitions.
01:09 When you are at your best, you concede transitions.
01:12 It happened, but after we react like we are and we create a lot, a lot, a lot.
01:17 Of course, they had the one or two transitions for the quality
01:20 and we had the ability to keep the ball and grab a good run up front.
01:25 And, yeah, that was always that.
01:28 He also said that he'd never been involved in a match with so many foul decisions
01:31 that you were not given. Do you agree?
01:34 Which one?
01:36 Rodri just said that, he said there were so many foul decisions that we,
01:39 meaning City, were not given.
01:41 So he wasn't happy with that.
01:43 I don't know. If you tell me specifically the decisions, I can tell you,
01:47 but I don't know what you mean.
01:50 [Inaudible]
01:54 Which ones?
01:55 Just generally.
01:57 I can tell you which ones.
01:59 [Inaudible]
02:02 We had to perform better than ourselves, so we have to go there.
02:14 Yeah.
02:21 Erling had nine shots on target.
02:25 That's good.
02:26 First time that's ever happened in his City career.
02:29 At the end, he shoved a camera down.
02:31 Can you understand his frustration?
02:36 [Inaudible]
02:38 He didn't see the camera thing, but can you understand Erling's frustration
02:41 from missing chances?
02:43 He had nine shots on goal.
02:44 That's good.
02:46 He had nine shots and next game he's going to score.
02:50 I was a football player. I played 11 years and scored 11 goals.
02:54 What a stat, eh? One goal a season.
02:57 These are my stats.
02:59 I'm not the proper man to give advice about the striker, what he had to do.
03:02 We created the chances, he had the chances.
03:04 Not necessary to say, next game he's going to score.
03:06 I don't blame that.
03:08 You don't blame him?
03:09 Absolutely.
03:11 As human beings, as a team, as a group, the first half was not like we are.
03:18 The demanding is so high because no one is going to give us.
03:22 We have to do everything.
03:24 What happened in the previous season is going to happen.
03:27 We're Man City, so we have to do it for ourselves all the time.
03:31 Always.
03:32 The day one I said that.
03:34 You don't expect.
03:35 We have to improve the first half.
03:37 The second half was unbelievable.
03:39 How we played.
03:41 Of course, we made transitions because it happened.
03:43 But in general, it was really, really good.
03:45 After the goal, the conceit from Rahim was really, really good.
03:49 Just one more from me.
03:51 Right at the end, do you think it was a penalty?
03:54 The AR check, right at the end.
03:57 Which one?
03:58 The handball, Caldwell.
04:00 Which one?
04:02 This one?
04:03 Or the guy who walked ahead?
04:05 Which one?
04:06 The one in Chelsea box.
04:08 I didn't see it.
04:10 [Laughter]
04:12 Fred, in the back, please.
04:14 Fair enough.
04:16 Here, on the back, sorry.
04:19 Yes.
04:20 Yeah.
04:21 Over here.
04:22 Yeah, sorry.
04:23 Is Akanji playing in Stone's role the way you wanted him to play?
04:28 Is this a project in development?
04:30 We can do it.
04:32 I played performance against him, unbelievable.
04:34 Yeah, one, it's really good.
04:36 Our dynamic was not proper.
04:38 We didn't bring the ball in the spaces that they were and more active.
04:42 We saw it's not necessary to be a manager to realize the change.
04:45 After just conceit from Rahim, how we react in the second half.
04:50 Of course, we're going to play maybe 90 minutes in that rhythm.
04:53 But as a manager, I just had to be focused in the first half to be better.
05:01 And yeah, I'm sure we'll have another chance, another game to try to do it.
05:07 Jonathan.
05:08 How important was it to come away with at least a draw on a day when you did miss chances?
05:15 You weren't at your best, but you did come through with a draw.
05:19 How important was that?
05:20 Either way, we played, we deserved to win, yes or yes.
05:23 The first half was tight.
05:24 They had a chance to transition.
05:25 We had two or three clear too.
05:29 But the second half, the last 10 minutes, the first half, the second half was really, really good.
05:34 The way we played and we did everything.
05:36 And sometimes it happens.
05:38 We were close and always they have chances in transition.
05:41 But I could not expect differently when I saw the game against Aston Villa or the game against…
05:46 Which was the last one I played against Crystal Palace.
05:50 So, it's Chelsea, you know?
05:53 Chelsea football club.
05:55 So, I know they are so young and everything, but they are a fantastic team.
06:01 And it happened.
06:02 And for that team, you have to perform 94 or 95 minutes.
06:05 It was not complete.
06:07 Saying that, that it happened for a man of games.
06:10 We played to win.
06:16 So, no doubt about it.
06:17 The chances we had, we deserved it.
06:19 Anything for the Envergo?
06:21 You mentioned the first half and not starting well.
06:24 Is there a particular reason you've got for that?
06:26 Was it a tactical thing?
06:27 Yeah, for sure.
06:28 Maybe it's tactical, you're right.
06:30 Maybe it's tactical.
06:32 No, it's in general.
06:34 When you play, perform like this, there are always many reasons.
06:36 Not just one.
06:37 It was always busy.
06:38 Many reasons that…
06:40 Also, we can say that Chelsea played really good.
06:43 Not just…
06:44 You know?
06:45 It depends on us.
06:46 But we try to all the time see ourselves.
06:48 We can do better.
06:51 Salaam, Bhagav, Santa, Etion, Sunday evening. Richard.