Guardiola on City's 2-0 Everton and tribute to Goodison Park
19/04/2025
Goodison Park, Liverpool, UK
19/04/2025
Goodison Park, Liverpool, UK
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00:00I would say big. I would say big. It's not necessary to be so smart.
00:12With 5-6 games left, with the moment that they had, winning nothing for the way.
00:21With Liverpool, you know, he could not win and Arsenal neither.
00:26Massively important.
00:28He came from behind last week. Did you impress by the character being shown by his side?
00:33The character is always you win, you have character. You win, you don't have character.
00:38This is the motto. You have to do something.
00:41So, what this place has done for one decade, I'm too much grateful for whatever happened.
00:49This is more than ever.
00:51Because in the toughest, toughest period, for many reasons, especially injured reasons, so we were more or less stable.
01:01Stable in terms of keep going, keep going next time, next time, next time.
01:04And, of course, we are miles away from Liverpool Arsenal.
01:08But, now, tonight we sleep fourth and see what happened. Nottingham fourth and Spurs away.
01:14We'll see in a few hours Newcastle, Aston Villa Newcastle, so, Fulham, you know, Nottingham, and Chelsea Fulham away, so, we'll see.
01:26So, now, it's in our hands. We need a final on Tuesday.
01:31But, three games at home, two away, and hopefully we can, yeah, we can achieve this big success to qualify for the Champions League.
01:42Nico O'Reilly, he's popped up with some important goals and assists this season.
01:47Was he supposed to be in the six-yard box? Were you surprised to see him arrive there to score?
01:51He's attacking midfielder when you play as a footballer, the game is quick, the tradition is quick, you can't arrive.
01:57But, you know, right, left, left, right, right, left, a lot of passes, give you time to arrive there.
02:01He's attacking midfielder, he always is there, Luggen Plymouth.
02:04He scored two goals and two assists against Bournemouth to qualify and help us to the Champions League.
02:09Yeah, it looks like in this team, you play left back, you score goals.
02:13You score before, now him, so, yeah, really good, the impact.
02:17And, I, we are so grateful because he's not a left back, but in teams like today, for example,
02:24some young students at pieces, they are so tall.
02:27Gunners, incredible taker, Tarkovsky, Brainweight, and, you know, O'Brien, so there's Beto, or Broca, or Ducure.
02:39They are so tall.
02:40So, when a taker is good, you are tall, you have a chance.
02:43And they have two clear chances, the first in the post, the second on the Stephane make a save,
02:47Stephane do the job that's done, the one and two chances there save it, he did it.
02:52And the second half makes it up, the first half, we start really well, the first ten minutes,
02:56but after that we struggle, and the second half, Gundo was closer to the box, Kevin was closer to the box,
03:01Sabino were most insensitive, and at the end we found the goal.
03:06I don't think we've seen you quite as emotional as you were when you went down the tunnel after the match today.
03:15Was it quite a nervy day with the way that Everton played, given how physical they were and things like that?
03:21I was sorry?
03:22It looked like you were more emotional than normal when you went down into the tunnel after, yeah.
03:27No. Sometimes I move my hands, my arms a little bit more active than the other ones.
03:35My body language depends on my arms.
03:38So when I move, it's because I'm grumpy.
03:41When it's more calm because it's more under control, or I don't like what I see, it depends.
03:47It depends.
03:49You talked about that at the moment that I was there in the stadium.
03:54I mean, were you missing the tough first game here, but you've done very well since the deal with the atmosphere each time you came here?
04:00Yeah, my friend Ronald Koeman destroyed me the first time I came here with 4-0, with Lukaku's, and I remember perfectly.
04:07But it was at the beginning of winning Crown Adventure that we have lived for one decade, already almost one decade, and after I've been good.
04:15It's not because there's a time always I love to come here, like when I go to Fulham or go to these typical, you know, stadiums for the Premier League.
04:25You know, like when before, I remember when in Stock City in my first season, these stadiums, the locker rooms, and this kind of vibe.
04:32But, you know, the clubs grow, so New West Stadium, I'm pretty sure, will be magnificent for the revenues, for the fans will be more comfortable, for a lot of you maybe.
04:42You work, will be better, so, but we miss, so this stadium is always special.
04:47I've been a truly, truly honor to come here for many, many years in Goodison Park.
04:52I was a little boy.
04:53Now today I was in the, in the, on the beach before the game, in the screen, you're watching the goals, the Galilineker, and all the maids, you know, there, and see the,
05:03say, wow, this is, this is English football, you know, now changed a little bit for many aspects, but it still remains something, something special.
05:12What, what changed exactly at the end of the game to give you the win?
05:17We scored two goals.
05:22We scored two goals.
05:23We didn't create much, but we knew it, they didn't create much.
05:26We didn't want transition, we didn't make a false.
05:28The second half, the duels were more aggressive.
05:30We could run a little bit, and the players, I think the players make a step up.
05:33When they say, why the second half is better?
05:35Because the players were better.
05:36They didn't change much in the half time.
05:39At the end, the impact for the new players, especially, in general, he was really good, so aggressive for his incredible quality.
05:46Kovacic, again, scored another goal, fantastic one, like against Crystal Palace.
05:51So, and Drew and Josko, the back floor was brilliant.
05:55Maybe with the ball, it was sloppy, not too much clever, in terms of where are the spaces, but they were so solid.
06:02And, yeah, really pleased for the game, because it's really, really important.
06:07We have to, of course, continue in two days, we'll have another one in three days.
06:11It's really important, again, today, here in Leicester Park.
06:15Pep, you seem to appreciate the applause that Kevin De Bruyne got as he came off from the whole ground.
06:22How important, I mean, beyond the result, but how important is it to you?
06:24I would like to carry more time, you know?
06:27When I send out, let's say, substitution, should walk, sit there and enjoy that moment.
06:33You know that?
06:34Because he's not at home and properly.
06:36I'm pretty sure the way the recognition from Kevin in this country had been his will be enormous.
06:43Because he gave a lot, a lot of joy and made the Premier League better.
06:47And he behaved unbelievably as a sport man.
06:52So, I would like, when I say guy, I would like to go to the other corner and make a step up
06:57and all the people can appreciate it and congratulate what they have done again with us today and all these years.