Pep Guardiola on City injury crisis, Grealish fitness update and Brighton preview
08/11/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
08/11/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00Good afternoon everyone, I hope you're well.
00:08Same process as ever with mics on either side of the room and we'll set an embargo towards
00:14the end for 10.30pm this evening.
00:16Somewhere to start?
00:18Simon?
00:19Hi Pep, I know you get asked lots about your future and you always say not decided but
00:27the last two contract extensions you signed were in November, have you got any plans to
00:34go to Abu Dhabi over the next two weeks?
00:37No.
00:38That's fair enough.
00:42Can you just give us your view on where the team is at the moment, you've in your managerial
00:47career have never lost four games in a row, that's what you're looking at now, does it
00:53feel like a team who has lost three games in a row?
00:57It is the first time in my life, hopefully it's not the case.
01:03If you tell me 20 minutes against Fulham we're not good, the team is not good, if you tell
01:07me against Bournemouth I would say the team is not good, the rest of the game we were
01:11good.
01:12We're good, we'll see what happens.
01:18Can you tell us about Jack Grealish as well, he's not been playing but he was picked for
01:23England yesterday.
01:25A question for the manager from the UK.
01:28Is he fit to play for you tomorrow?
01:30No.
01:31Just on that Pep, are there any other players who have been missing recently who are available
01:37for you at Brighton?
01:41No good news, the same like I think in Lisbon, the same guys that we travel still there.
01:49The Brighton manager was a young player at Bayern when you were there, he described you
01:53as a role model.
01:54I just wonder what you make of his impact as a Premier League manager at age just 31?
01:58I'm really impressed with the way they play.
02:03I think Roberto Ceri will make an incredible job there.
02:08Brighton make a lot of signs this season and he's doing an incredible job.
02:12Personality, rhythm.
02:14The way they played the last two games against Liverpool was outstanding, the result was
02:18not good but they played really good.
02:21Always have been tough since Gahan Pota, always have been tough Brighton, away or home, it
02:27doesn't matter.
02:28We'll be no exception.
02:30Pep, your players aren't used to losing one game, never mind three, what have you said
02:37to them this week?
02:38It's different competitions.
02:44Have you had to reassure them a little bit?
02:46Bernardo, for example, seemed very down after the game on Tuesday.
02:52I don't think so.
02:53Of course we're not used to playing three games in three different competitions but
02:58it's football, it's happened.
03:00We know the reason why we struggled but looking forward to the game and after the international
03:07break and after that a few players will come back better and recover and for all the problems
03:15that we have, the little problems that every player has, we will solve it.
03:21I hope so.
03:22They say you learn more about your players when they've lost a game than when they're
03:26winning.
03:27What have you learnt about your players this week?
03:29Absolutely nothing because I've known them for nine years so they've proved many times
03:34what they are capable of.
03:37No change of opinion I have to them, it's part of it, it sometimes happens, I have to
03:42understand it.
03:45At the embargo there for 10.30pm this evening, somewhere to start.