Guardiola believes his City side can rediscover their form and claim success
03/12/2024
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CFGA, MANCHESTER,UK
03/12/2024
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00:00Expecting a difficult start to the season and it's a lot of what happened. What's happened
00:04Is that what you sort of envisage was going to happen?
00:07So well, I would say the beginning of the season was not tough. I expect was tougher, but was completely opposite
00:12is now when
00:14the central defenders
00:16Fell down and start to notice. Oh, we like our consistency and after the result was not good
00:23But at the beginning of season was really good. We won the community shield. We won in Stamford Bridge
00:29We were solid in most of the games except I would say Fulham and after when we start to lose the games in Bournemouth and after
00:37For the problems that we had and I'm feeling getting worse and getting worse and now we have to find the solution
00:41I have to find the solution to be stability to the team through our game to win games
00:46Hi, Pep
00:47So Arnie Slott today the Liverpool manager has been asked about Mo Salah's comments after Sunday's game
00:53In which Mo Salah said that it may have been his Mo Salah's last ever game against City
00:58It's a slot was asked what him what Mo might have meant by that and slots answer was maybe Mo knows more about the 115
01:05Accusations so expects them meaning City not to be in the Premier League next season. He then sort said it was a joke
01:13They were saying so maybe shouldn't have said it was just wondering if you had a response to that. It was a joke
01:19He said there was a joke right? Yeah, there's a joke just considering what happened on field with your
01:26Piffy response to the fans. It's all good knock about stuff. Sorry
01:32You know you responded to the fans me yes, I'm field what you know, so yeah, we want six. Yeah
01:40Some people look at that as a sign that maybe you're losing you're cool. I was never cool
01:45Do you know what do you know? I was cool because I want we want
01:49The real one is so cool. It's so handsome. It's so nice and when you don't win is completely the opposite
01:55But it's the same
01:56See Jose Mourinho famously did this for it meaning he had won three Premier League once
02:02I don't remember that so people are comparing the way in which you responded to Josie that day
02:07Which some people think that was the beginning of the end for Josie United? I?
02:13Hope not in my case at the end we were quite similar like Josie
02:18But he won three I won six
02:21But it's the same so we are together so in that in that situations, so we just to
02:30To make feel our fans that we are much much better than the people can think about that
02:35so what we have done have been extraordinary so and a
02:39place like
02:41Like it's an exceptional for many many reasons. I want to prove that
02:46We are an incredible football club
02:48apparently doesn't look like but
02:50so
02:52Sooner or later you're going to be the end James. You know that
02:56Yeah, absolutely happen, but I would try to extend as much as possible for the best of my my club I
03:03Don't think so you think about it, but it's okay. Thank you for your kind words
03:10It's so boring nine years the same guy you know so sooner or later you're going to you know that will be more attractive
03:17I
03:19You said in the past in build-ups to big finals that you have players knocking on your door wanting to play desperate to play
03:26Are they still doing the same thing now even though things aren't going well?
03:29Are they still sort of knocking on your door saying I want to play even though the situation is not quite as good as it?
03:33Has been in the past well
03:36I don't remember much the people come to know the door. I want to play
03:39I know it's not necessary to know the door to know that they can do it, so
03:43So of course they want to play especially when their feet, and they are they are they want to they want to prove it
03:49See I don't have doubts about that, so
03:52They prove it. I'm sorry, so I know the
03:55Division is so short one month. You know and this position is there, but I have to make the
04:00Spectrum a little bit. You know why then why this means eight years and most of them there are
04:05Maybe said seven eight nine players and figures have been together for a nine years
04:09I'm not going to judge them. I'm going to happen for this month a month and a half. I know that the real moment is
04:16It's like that. I understand completely but I
04:20Have to push them I want to push them, but the same times I'm going to be more closer than ever
04:26Because what they have done is unique and in I know we can do it again
04:31I know it and now it's difficult for many other reasons
04:35but
04:37That is what it is we have to
04:39You know in that moment's proof. How good we are and how you know how positive we are for that club
04:47You just you're just saying then that you want to be closer to the players than ever at the moment
04:53How difficult is it for you to?
04:55gauge
04:56When you should sort of stand back off a little bit and when you should sort of get in amongst them and
05:02Maybe give them a little
05:05Commitment as much they want to do it. It's not a problem
05:08Now maybe the mistakes a little bit more often for the circumstances, but I can understand it as much
05:14They are there and they want to do it and the rest is
05:18This can happen. I can understand it. I've been here in that position as a football player sometimes
05:23and always that's not
05:25I have to have to be there and know who I'm playing for and make a
05:28Step don't hide behind, you know, don't don't stay behind the scenes
05:32You have to make a step forward and and this is what I try to do
05:36Well from but from your perspective as a manager
05:38Have you got to be more mindful over when you might have a little little bit of a shout or when you?
05:43Let them be just with each other
05:46Always, I'm so constructive of my behaviors with my players. Even I shout or I don't shout always. I am
05:51Constructive if after many years if they don't understand that I don't want them to understand that I don't want them to understand
05:57Understand that my message being nice or being more rough is always to be better next time
06:03Yes, because still they are wrong. I see they don't know me. So
06:07There are no managers to blame or no managers always you have to do it
06:11You have to tell something that to say something I've done since I arrived my manager a career just to next time getting better
06:18You know if something is not going well, or what do you need to have to tell them?
06:23So if they accept it is fine if they don't accept it is his problems, but I have to do my job
06:28So it will be for me to say my guys everything is perfect or not to these you have to do that
06:34and there are moments in many many games that
06:38We have been close to do many many good things and sometimes now for reasons don't happen, but they have an opportunity to more
06:46You saw principles of
06:48Principles of play I've always been the same
06:51Since you came here
06:52But you've made adaptations to the team in that time even though the principles have stayed the same
06:58So, you know flying wingers with sterling and Sarni then the false nine here
07:03And then obviously Harlan comes in and you see two pivots and things
07:09You've always stayed ahead of the curve and you've always adapted because you said that opponents are smart and they realize they'll change
07:16You entering the phase now where you feel
07:20There may need to be some adaptations again, you know for a fourth occasion and you're working on that now
07:27Always I've been for the place. I have at my disposal. I adapt for that. Yeah
07:32So you're limited a bit with the injuries of maybe being able to make some of the wider adaptations
07:38You want the adaptation will be for the players?
07:40I have at my disposal the limitation to have in certain departments adaptation of that
07:45Center defense are back. The wingers are back. We have a struggle in the position in the middle, but
07:51The team is good
07:54So I said for the last month
07:57Obviously you have a problem and I have less problems and we have to survive with that
08:02so at the end, we should have get results even with the problem as we have so
08:07Because the problems we had we have for a long time
08:09I know that and and yeah, but we have to find find a way but always adaptation
08:15You're playing this player and the other player for the open. It's always have to related for the players. I have
08:20Always have been like that since the beginning
08:25You said earlier on that everything comes to an end
08:28The longer this run goes on and the more the players are down with no confidence
08:32do you get the sense that maybe they start to feel that that
08:35They're sort of era of success is over that there, you know
08:38This team's been together for seven or eight nine years as you said, does that kind of?
08:43Seep into their minds that maybe they're not as invincible as I don't know
08:46They once were I cannot answer this question because I don't know we try to extend as much as possible
08:51Still I said we are in November many many competitions to play still many games in the Premier League to place a lot of things
08:57are still so
08:59when it's going to finish going to finish but
09:02When we were in the truth three years ago when we were celebrating the travel of the quadruple or whatever
09:07I said there's going to finish it's going to end
09:09to try to continue to push my players and the players respond unbelievably well and
09:14The season for many again little little circumstances that is not necessary to announce
09:20so everything drop and everything and the rise and
09:24The opponents but you know, we we start really well in terms of results
09:29We were stable in many many things, but at the end we are not and have to continue that if he's at the end
09:34although not
09:35The time the time will will dictate we'll see
09:39You've always talked about having an instinct for these things and sort of smell for the dressing room and that kind of thing
09:44Do you sense that the players you still believe that they can come back from this that there's?
09:48That there's a belief that they can recover from this his words
09:52It's just worse. I don't know
09:55That's what happened when you win games I say yeah, I won and yeah, they want it
10:00I know they want it. They want it every single day
10:02I don't have doubts any doubts about that, but we are not getting results and you have to get us all so and
10:07And this is the reality
10:09They are not going to come to me and say no, I don't believe anymore. I don't believe you anymore
10:13I don't believe we are done anymore
10:15That don't happen that is will not happen
10:18they wanna I want to help them to find the way to be consistent and win games and it is what a
10:24Have to we have to do and what's going to happen is going to happen
10:29but still
10:31otherwise, I will not
10:33Decide or I will still learn. I want to be with these players longer
10:38So I had in my in my head my destiny when I went extenders because I believe I want to continue to do that
10:45But of course the results all the managers we are in that in that in that situation
10:50So it's the first time my career, but what can I do? I accept it
10:54like a challenge like a big big
10:57Proof for myself and I can
10:59We can help them. It's not
11:01It's not and the players knows it we talk about that
11:04So I want to be here and if they want me fine if they're done they have to fight
11:11Hi on Sunday you said that
11:14Your time in Manchester has probably been the best of your managerial career
11:19Obviously a Barcelona you've got an incredible link with them and did amazing things and a buying there was a lot of achievements as well
11:25So what what is it about what you've done at City for that to be?
11:30The best period but obviously for the fact that they have been nine years already
11:34Otherwise, we'll not be here. Of course, Barcelona was in a special because I was I start from a ball boy there
11:41There was a player there and after be a manager is the club of my heart and my son is always
11:46Completely incomparable for other things and
11:50Be a manager that giant like is by Munich in Germany like they prove it in the structure and the city and
11:58mentality of that club how
12:01Competitive they are in all departments is it was a big big lesson for me
12:05But if I've been nine years here is because I found an ecosystem or many many things that made me made me
12:11Feel good as a manager
12:13that
12:14Being here, but the reason why I've been so long I think
12:19Nobody here is a stupid to know the reason why I'm here
12:23So it's because we won a lot and that's why the people trust me because we won and we continue to continue
12:29People is not here just for the fact that you have done in the past and forever. So but other side I don't surprise
12:36I know even we were the situation is good
12:39the people will
12:42In the sport you can listen when when
12:45You are in 20 years will remember that but the people want to fax today today today
12:51People don't think or don't want to wait what you have done yesterday or even last season or two seasons or three seasons
12:58It's now what you have to do it now
12:59We are not delivering that it is what we have to do deliver again that we can be a good good team
13:04This is our target and now it's not happening. And that's why the memories that's why I'm not here to say
13:11What we have done
13:11I remember the six Premier League's because made me prove myself and our team how difficult is everything in life and how complicated that but
13:20Absolutely. I feel sorry for myself and all the criticisms can be and all the situations all the doubts that I knew it for long
13:27Because I've been in that period in Barcelona was a football player manager. I don't expect any gratitude for doing it on
13:33So we have to deliver today tomorrow the after tomorrow not yesterday or the days before because the people don't care
13:40So and at the end I never felt different than all the managers
13:44They had a problem in results that they say be treated differently than the people can treat the teams or the managing that moment
13:50It's quite normal and I said if you don't like that, you don't accept that you have to retire and go another job
13:57But the job is here is exposed in front in the good moment said how good is this manager?
14:02And when it's not how bad it is
14:04And now is as simple as that you want a solutions
14:07Yes, of course, because I have a lot of him for the reason why is he are a little bit in that situation?
14:12I spoke in the last month many many times and I suggest with that with Simon made the first question if I've all the squad
14:19Ready Oscar Roderick and the other one, of course, we will be there and Joan and Manu and Nathan no injure and Kevin
14:27People say Kevin how proud is Kevin? Do you think I would not like to play Kevin?
14:34No, I don't want Kevin play. Yeah
14:37The guy he has the most talents in the final third and the other one. No, I don't want it
14:41It's an impersonal problem with him. I've been nine years together. He delivered to me the big success in this club
14:47But I've been think five Mount injured a two-month injury. They have 34 years old. So
14:53It needs time to have the best and in like last season happen a step-by-step to do it
14:58To try to do it and feel better and I'm desperate to have his best
15:02and I won desperate five goals and asses for field the last season had and the goal that is from Kevin and the goals that is
15:09from
15:11Jeremy and goals as it's from a little less from Jack or from Savino from Gundo the five masses
15:16Both goals and assists for these four five players five. No, no take 20 30 40
15:21No, no, just five goals asses for these four or five players
15:25We'll be top of the league, but why not happen they were not here
15:29They were injured
15:30They were not ready. So this is the bigger problem that I think I have I can assure you to Simon 100%
15:37We will be good. I don't know because we will never know what's going to happen
15:41But my feeling of course, we will be a good a good team
15:44But we have to find a solution with these apps and that proved myself
15:47I have to find a way with the problems that we had and we have a still we have to be
15:52Now clean our heads and try to win games and win games and wins
15:56To don't make it the season
16:00Just on Kevin you mentioned him there
16:02Can he get back to that top level or is he or those injuries gonna kind of?
16:07Sort linger in the background for him or does he need to kind of be arrested and played kind of I will love to have
16:12The Kevin who is prime with 25 26 27 28 years old. Of course, I will love it. He will love it
16:20But he has not have 23 24 25 26 anymore
16:24so and
16:27Have injuries in the past important ones along ones and there's a guy he needs to be physical fit to his space his energy
16:34But you think I'm complaining for that his nature is normal. It's happened
16:38It's this amount of cattle's played 10 11 seasons a lot a lot of games
16:43And all he's desperate to help us is going to give us a glimpse of brilliancy that only he can he can have any other one
16:51But always I said the same heat for himself. He's not solve our problems
16:56Like gambling is not solve our problems. Always. We attack together. We defend together
17:00It's not okay
17:01This guy's defended these guys attack the team was not like that today the modern football is not like that
17:06And of course, we wanted that the best players, you know
17:10The best players back and hopefully, you know
17:12Step by step you're still in November and have minutes and the confident come back and results will help us
17:17Can give us and the best of him or the best of all of us