Guardiola relaxed ahead of Real Madrid and thriving on pressure to win silverware
Guardiola relaxed ahead of Real Madrid and thriving on pressure to win silverware
Etihad Stadium, Manchester UK
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00:00 He feels much better but he's injured and now we'll see next days.
00:06 But he feels good.
00:07 If he feels good, maybe he can help us in minutes because it's a final on Rabotan but
00:13 I don't want to lose you for a long time.
00:15 If he gets injured, it has to be, I don't know.
00:17 So we'll decide the next two months, we're going to train a little bit and we'll see
00:21 what happens.
00:22 I know how important it is, Kyle, against the players from Real Madrid but it was not
00:28 in Madrid and the big players, Manu, Joan, Ruben and Josco, they play incredible well.
00:34 So that's why we're going to...
00:36 We'll see, we'll see.
00:37 Have you looked at the video back of Tuesday yet?
00:41 No, I didn't see it.
00:44 Not yet, no.
00:45 Never do that as a manager.
00:47 So before, you know, I always had the feeling that it's like a respectful Luton on the other
00:54 one.
00:55 So tomorrow morning I will start to review all the games and see if they surprise us
01:00 with the position of the players and I have to take a look.
01:03 I think Carlo, with experience, can do something differently.
01:06 I have to be prepared but at the same time try to impose our game and try to put pressure
01:13 through our game to the opponent.
01:16 When you get to this stage of the season, the Champions League, do you sense an increase
01:23 in the levels of your players?
01:27 Yeah.
01:28 Do you see a desire to do that?
01:32 Yeah.
01:33 Do you and your coaches know?
01:34 Yeah, the problem was after travel in October and November, I see, "Oh, long season, oh,
01:39 long season."
01:40 And that is the moment you have a tendency to undo.
01:43 They want to try to do it but you are not completely, completely focused.
01:47 It's normal.
01:48 And we spoke a lot, so the contenders we have with Arsenal last season, Liverpool again
01:53 and another one, so we cannot draw much.
01:55 That's why still we are there.
01:57 So the only biggest difference between us and Liverpool and Zazier is that they won
02:01 a lot of points in extra time, a lot.
02:04 And that helps us to be in the position that they are.
02:07 Of course for many things they are good, all three teams have done incredible seasons,
02:11 all three.
02:12 But they won a lot of points for the talent they have because when you say, "No, it happened
02:15 once, twice."
02:16 It happened for eight years, Liverpool many times and Arsenal many times because it's
02:20 a talent, it's a credit to them.
02:22 It's not, it's completely opposite.
02:24 But in that department they are much better than us.
02:28 So, and that is the reason.
02:30 But still we are there, we are still being there.
02:33 What I said before, so what a privilege.
02:38 I could not change the position that we have for any other team.
02:42 So after a well-done season, still live for that, play for something, not play for other
02:49 things.
02:50 So for the big trophies, still we are there.
02:52 So again, it's so good.
02:54 I think this is when we see the best of your team.
02:57 Yeah.
02:58 They relish the pressure.
02:59 Yeah.
03:00 They like to play the pressure, they like to know is it dead or alive.
03:05 So yeah, they did it.
03:07 That doesn't mean we are going to do it.
03:10 But that we are there and we'll be there until the end, I'm pretty sure.
03:14 Because I know them.
03:16 I see the faces before the game in the meetings, how they prepare.
03:19 That means win Premier League, no, I'm not saying that.
03:22 But that we'll compete, that's for sure.
03:25 Kevin when he came up, looked annoyed or something, is he OK?
03:31 Yeah.
03:32 No vomits today.
03:36 Sorry?
03:37 On the pitch?
03:39 No, no, no.
03:40 I'm the boss.
03:41 With 3-0, 75 minutes.
03:44 Bench with me.
03:47 Last one with Dom, please, guys.
03:50 Another sort of team news one, was Phil Foden supposed to start today and it was a late change?
03:54 Phil?
03:55 Was Phil supposed to start today but there was a late change?
03:57 No.
03:58 He's perfectly fit?
03:59 No vomits today, Phil.
04:00 No vomits for him?
04:01 He's perfectly.
04:02 Cool.
04:05 A lot of leaks, incorrect.
04:08 Thank you, guys.
04:10 Thank you, mate.
04:11 Thank you, guys.
04:12 (metal clanking)