Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola reacts to getting knocked out by Tottenham after losing 2-1
30/10/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
30/10/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
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00:00I hope you're well. We'll take a show of hands for questions, please.
00:03Somewhere to start?
00:07Somewhere to start, guys?
00:11It was a good game.
00:14Really tough in the transitions, but...
00:17We played really, really good, especially...
00:19We started really well, the first action they could run, they scored,
00:22but...
00:23And that's a fantastic goal, the second one, but after the last 20, 25 minutes,
00:29we were really, really good, in the second half they had two, three anxious transitions,
00:33but in general, we made a really good performance, I'm so proud.
00:37So I like the way we're playing.
00:39A lot of talk about the schedule, you lost to Manuel in the warm-up...
00:43And van der Wijn for them.
00:45And van der Wijn for them.
00:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, and van der Wijn for them.
00:48I mean, was this game just another example of the pressures on the players?
00:52It will be, yeah, we are 13 players, so we are in real difficulty,
00:57but we have to make the effort for the last week,
00:59because the guys who played finished most of them with problems,
01:04so we'll see how is recovery, but yeah, we...
01:09I think when we are in trouble, like we are, because in nine years
01:12never had in the situation that many, many injuries for many reasons,
01:15and never had the feeling when is it...
01:18In these situations, the players, they make a step forward,
01:23so they are more together than ever, and we will try to do this week
01:27and this short time for recovery.
01:29What will happen with Savino exactly?
01:32Have the knock in the ATR box, a potential penalty,
01:37and we'll see tomorrow what happens.
01:40We'll see tomorrow.
01:41Because suddenly he was being taken off from the stretcher...
01:44Yeah, we have to see if it's just a knock or something else,
01:48it was in the bone, hopefully.
01:51There's nothing dangerous, but we'll see tomorrow.
01:55And was the injury situation the reason for not bringing on early?
02:00Yeah, the plan was before, they didn't play,
02:05and the game against Santos was so demanding,
02:09and it's going to come, and I didn't want to take a risk with him today,
02:12in this competition.
02:15Sorry to ask about another player,
02:17Guardiola looked like he was getting a bit of treatment at full-time,
02:21is he injured as well?
02:23I don't know, I didn't speak.
02:25Every time we were in the table, massage, it was too busy, too crowded.
02:29So I don't know.
02:32You've got really intense games over the next week,
02:37like Bournemouth, who obviously showed that they're a really good team,
02:40then the travel to Liverpool and then Brighton is intense as well.
02:46When you have the situation with all the squad, it's fine,
02:49but the situation will be...
02:50But that's what I said before to your colleagues,
02:52that it will be a big step forward, all of us.
02:56Tomorrow we have two keepers and a half to the training session,
02:59the rest, so we don't have anything else.
03:02But today Nico played like Nico we met in the pre-season,
03:07Jacob was really good,
03:09and Jamal played exceptional as a central defender,
03:14and it's really good, this competition,
03:16to use these players, to play this Makati,
03:18what a game he played.
03:20Neve won, and Guido Kovac in the second half was amazing,
03:25and Bernardo as well.
03:27Rico, the only player we cannot rest.
03:29We would like to rest, but we cannot do it.
03:33I'm really pleased with what I've seen, honestly.
03:37Really, really pleased.
03:38Last season against Newcastle happened the same,
03:40played a first good half, the second half was not good.
03:44But today was 90 minutes really, really composed against
03:46a team that is so, so dangerous, so difficult to handle it.
03:50Really pleased.
03:52The other thing is, you mentioned Rico,
03:55he looks exceptionally tired.
03:58Exceptional?
03:59Tired.
04:00Yeah.
04:02How are you going to be able to manage that?
04:04I cannot have an alternative.
04:07My captain is injured.
04:11I don't have an alternative.
04:14Are you likely to have Walker or De Bruyne back in the next...?
04:18No.
04:20I think after the international break.
04:22Both of them?
04:23Three of them.
04:24Leo and Jack Grealish as well.
04:28How is Evo in the dressing room feeling?
04:31Really good.
04:32Positive tonight, but he lost two more.
04:34Ah, for the injuries?
04:36Yeah, it's tough, it's tough.
04:39Akanji yesterday, I didn't know it,
04:41in the last action, felt something miniscule
04:44in the muscular part of his body.
04:47And to end the warm-up, he didn't feel good.
04:50He said, no, I can take a risk.
04:51I said, no, no risk.
04:53And Ruben, Ruben is struggling sometimes as well.
04:57So all of us, play the national teams,
05:00and, you know, recovery.
05:02And yeah, it would be...
05:05He's been getting more difficult.
05:08But maybe when they arrive,
05:10it will be all together.
05:11So that's why the guys who are here,
05:14making an effort to be with us,
05:16fighting to be with us,
05:19and playing with pain and focus
05:23and leaving 24 hours for us.
05:27These guys, I will not forget it.
05:30You said in the past how much you liked
05:32Bayern for the success of it.
05:33How did you think he was developing?
05:36Really good.
05:37He's a really, really good player.
05:38What do you like about him?
05:39Everything.
05:41Does he remind you at all about De Bruyne?
05:43Sorry?
05:44Does he remind you at all about De Bruyne?
05:45No.
05:46Nobody's like Kevin.
05:48In his prime?
05:51The amount of things that Kevin produces in a game,
05:53nobody can do it.
05:56Last one about this place.
05:58Pep, it's such a long time since your team lost.
06:01Congratulations.
06:03Do you remember when it...
06:04This is the new.
06:05The new is not loose.
06:07This whole long time we didn't loose it.
06:08Of course, with the FA Cup final,
06:10we were a little bit hungover.
06:13But, yeah, it's good news.
06:16I don't like to loose, you know.
06:18But, you know, this competition is a little bit different
06:24and I like to see the team, how we behave, you know.
06:28The courage and the solidarity
06:31and how good we play.
06:33I like it.
06:34Still, I like it.
06:36It's only that how many plays we are able.
06:38But we have academy
06:41and if the seniors cannot be there, we'll do it.
06:45And we're going to warm up to compete.
06:47Have a lovely evening.
06:48Good night.