Guardiola ignoring past records ahead of visit of high flying Fulham - City hasve won their past 16 meetings against Fulham
0410/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
0410/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00Sorry for eight minutes late, sorry.
00:08Some fans have clubbed together to raise money for a banner in your honour tomorrow that will have the words in Catalan,
00:20we want you to stay.
00:22First of all, what do you think about people doing stuff like that?
00:27What's your response to the sentiment?
00:31They have to bring me the bill to pay, I will pay the ban so I don't want to spend money for that reason.
00:40What can I say? Thank you so much.
00:44I fell in love since the first day I came here, I was here.
00:49So it's going to happen, it's going to happen.
00:52Periodically you've mentioned certain things to do with the charges that the team's facing,
01:00you mentioned it with Mikel Arteta rather than questions.
01:04Because of that, do you feel there is more of a need for you to defend your football club this season
01:11and promote your football club because you're a very successful individual,
01:16the club is the most successful in England certainly over the last few years.
01:22But it feels as though you're feeling that very personally this year.
01:27I'm part of this club, deep inside of my bones,
01:33and the best way to defend the club is winning games and doing my job as well as possible.
01:36We cannot misunderstand the reason why I'm here,
01:40but at the same time I'm the person, the manager,
01:42and all the clubs are the person who talk more through all the media,
01:47send a message to the fans or whatever.
01:51And of course I'm going to defend my club because I trust,
01:57since the owner, especially the chairman for the relation and CEOs and all the people working here,
02:04for many, many years I know them quite well, much more than any of yours.
02:09And of course the people around, but the best way to defend is doing our job the best.
02:16Every one, every people working here has his own responsibility,
02:20my responsibility is try to hold my players in their hands and together to win the games.
02:27And this is the best way to defend.
02:30The rest, of course, there are situations in eight, nine years, it's always there.
02:33Some of them are unexpected, some of them are more tough to deal with, but it's what it is.
02:38So there's no complaints and do what you have to do.
02:41And of course I'm part of this club, so not just the manager, I'm part.
02:45I love this club and always will be that way,
02:48because it cannot be different for the way they treat me since day one, so it's impossible.
02:54When you give something and they give me a lot, the rest is just, you know, the consequences. Simple.
03:03Hi Pep, obviously the fans are asking you directly, do you want to stay?
03:07Do you have an answer for them?
03:09I said in the beginning of the press conferences, I'm not going to talk about this subject.
03:16When it's going to happen, it's going to happen.
03:20On Fulham then, City's record against them is 16 wins in a row.
03:25It's the longest run that any team has had.
03:28I don't like this question, I've said it many times.
03:31Don't tell me. The last time you defeated at home it was at Brentford.
03:36After one minute, 0-1 down.
03:39I would say Brentford every game is 1-0 down after the first minute.
03:43But the best way is... Don't ask me this question, please.
03:48Are you aware of the record?
03:50No.
03:51I had no idea. Do you even think about elements like that when you're preparing for matches,
03:56what the previous record has been and the matches last season, how strong you were against Fulham?
04:01Your day yesterday is the same as today?
04:03No.
04:06I would love to say we won 16 games in a row, we're going to start the game 2-0, we're going to win.
04:12Only I see the record is the last six games since the first defeat in a United game,
04:17they didn't lose.
04:19The best moment of Fulham from the... I would say this season, the previous seasons,
04:23is that Marco Sivis already a few years there in London,
04:28and they brought interesting players there,
04:35especially Anderson, an experienced guy.
04:40It's a team that always, always, always, at home especially,
04:43always creates problems in the first half a lot.
04:46They have a lot of weapons, speed.
04:51I saw the last two or three games, I've never seen him in many years I'm here,
04:55in the form that he's playing, and of course the speed from Adama Traoré always creates problems,
05:01Jimenez is back, destructive defensive,
05:05it's always been a tough game, it's the only thing I'm concerned about.
05:08What they do, not what happened in the past, the past is the past.
05:12How's the squad looking? Is Erling okay? Any other issues anywhere else?
05:17Except Nathan, Kevin, and of course Rodri and Oscar, the rest are fine.
05:31Hi Pep, I just wondered if we can get any more information on Kevin De Bruyne,
05:34who obviously...
05:35He's not, for tomorrow he's not ready.
05:37He's not ready, and we know he's obviously not going with Belgium to the international break,
05:40but he's also asked not to go in November.
05:42Is that because he's out for longer, or is that because he's...
05:46How can he go when he didn't play one game, how can he go with the national team?
05:50I never understood that.
05:53You know, I never understood that.
05:55But anyway, he cannot play with us, cannot play with Belgium,
06:01but he didn't say to me, I don't know, he's going to retire for the national team from Belgium.
06:06He didn't say that to me.
06:08I don't know in the mind from Kevin, but for that game he's injured, so he's not available.
06:16Yesterday FIFA finalised their regulations for the Club World Cup,
06:20and part of it is basically turning around to all the teams and saying
06:23you have to bring your strongest players to the States.
06:27Now, we've heard from players saying they're worried about playing too many games,
06:31players saying they're preparing for 60, 70 game seasons.
06:34What's your reaction to that?
06:35What is the strongest players?
06:37Which ones?
06:38I mean, I presume they'll say...
06:41No, but if FIFA will tell me for them which players are stronger than the other ones,
06:45I don't understand that.
06:48So are you worried that your selection issue, how you select a team,
06:53could be dictated by someone else?
06:54No, we go all the squad there.
06:56We don't go for one game, right?
06:59So I don't know how the competition is right now,
07:02but we don't go for 11 players, we go for all the squad.
07:07I don't understand how this selection, this player is stronger than the other one.
07:11I know.
07:13The stronger it means in forms,
07:15and maybe the strongest player for them is in really, really, really bad conditions,
07:19for many reasons.
07:20Personal, physical, injuries, niggles.
07:23He's going to play in other ones.
07:26I'm not going to tell them,
07:28I'm not going to say before the games which player has to play.
07:30I will decide, that's for sure.
07:36I'm not going to say.