23-24 Premier League Preview - Week 27
Hear from the managers ahead of week 27 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Pep Guardiola and Erik Ten Hag ahead of the Manchester derby between City and United
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00:00 What do you expect from the players?
00:06 Always I expect the best from our opponents, always.
00:09 The best performance of them is always what I expect.
00:12 So I know them and a lot of respect for the institution, United, of course Eric and the players.
00:18 But when I see what we have to do, my players will know it today and tomorrow.
00:24 The spirit is very good. We are united.
00:27 We are together in this to make a good game plan.
00:31 We haven't done it before, and against City, and also against Liverpool.
00:37 So we will prepare well. Players are ready for it.
00:42 Players are looking forward to it. I can smell it when I'm around here, when I speak with the players.
00:48 So really enjoyable, looking forward, excited.
00:53 I would say Nottingham is a great place to play, but a difficult one as well.
01:01 It was and will be tomorrow. That's how it is, the situation Nottingham is in.
01:05 They have a similar situation to us, they need to win football games to reach their target.
01:14 And as much as we can, as much as they can, waste games or time.
01:20 So that's the opponent we expect.
01:23 The next one is a tough one. It will require a lot of energy from us.
01:27 Now it's important to recover well and work and prepare well for that game.
01:32 I know it's going to be a difficult one, but our focus is always on the next one.
01:36 The next one is Liverpool and we look forward to it.
01:40 A really difficult team to beat. You watch, and I watch four or five games now.
01:45 With the City game, the way they started against Villa, and then obviously the game took a different route.
01:51 But as you mentioned, they are extremely well coached. I know Chris really well.
01:55 I admire his teams and a lot of things that he does with them.
01:59 It will be Monday night football and it's going to be a tough night.
02:02 I think he's done a very good job down at West Ham.
02:05 There's always question marks over what we do, but if you look at the period he's had there,
02:09 from where they were to where they are now, I think there's a lot of progress there.
02:13 He always has an outfit that are competitive. He's made that quite clear.
02:17 We have to go into the game with the right state of mind. I think we are.
02:20 I think we are in the right place at the moment as a team, but we need to find them defining moments.
02:24 I think they become ever important if you haven't been winning.
02:27 I hope that we can win all the games and be in the next final of the FA Cup.
02:33 I think it should be great for another game at Wembley.
02:39 Yes, we need to start winning games in the Premier League now.
02:44 That is the objective and to try to arrive close to the position.
02:50 Whenever there's a new manager, obviously things adjust naturally.
02:54 Usually there's a positive effect when a new manager comes in.
02:58 I think you saw that last week with the way Crystal Palace went about things.
03:03 Oliver is a very well-conditional coach.
03:06 Particularly at Frankfurt, you produce a really strong team and a real distinct style of play.
03:10 I think you'll probably see elements of that.
03:13 At the same time, I still think we're at the stage of our development where real emphasis is still on us and playing our football.
03:20 [Music]