Guardiola pleased with City players after Everton comeback to nick a point
26/12/2024
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK
26/12/2024
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00Just the one mic, guys, so we'll take a show of hands, I'll come to as many of you as I can,
00:17that's an embargo part of the way through for 1.30pm on Saturday it will be.
00:22Start with Pete, please.
00:25Pep, good afternoon.
00:27Watching your body language during that game, you looked like you didn't enjoy most of it,
00:30what are the emotions at the moment?
00:31Sorry?
00:32You didn't look like you enjoyed most of that game, judging by your body language,
00:36what are the emotions at the moment?
00:37No, it's not true.
00:38My body language was positive, yes, because the team played really good.
00:43I'm not agree.
00:45You looked very frustrated at times, though.
00:47No.
00:49We shoot, I don't know how many shoots, and the first half was brilliant,
00:53the first 10-15 minutes, the penalty was really good,
00:56the first time they arrived they scored a goal at the end,
00:58of course in the transition we could suffer the defeat,
01:01but we analysed the result, of course we are not happy,
01:04but the performance that we had done, the guys again,
01:07with the situation they were in were brilliant,
01:09of course we're going to score the goals that we need,
01:12but there are other days like I'm more,
01:15because I don't see many things I like the way they play,
01:18but today was not the case.
01:20When you're not winning games, though,
01:22and when you're not trying to catch up the top four,
01:25again, does the frustration build when you come off the pitch at the end
01:28and see where you might end up tonight?
01:30You could be nearly halfway down the table tonight.
01:34Yeah, we'll see if we can.
01:39Shall we go, guys?
01:40Yeah, Ty.
01:41Hi, Pep. It felt like the atmosphere inside the stadium
01:45and the nervousness got worse after Erling missed that penalty,
01:49is that kind of natural when you're in a run like this,
01:52that moment like that happens and the players and the supporters
01:55start to think the worst?
01:57There's a long time to go, but it almost felt like that moment
01:59everyone sort of went, here we go again.
02:01Is that kind of natural and how do you stop that happening?
02:04I had to bounce back mentally.
02:06Life is not easy, sport is not easy,
02:08when that happens, it's OK.
02:10We still have a lot of minutes to play.
02:12We had the chances afterwards,
02:14except the last uncontrolled game in the last minutes
02:16that everything could happen.
02:18The rest of the game was well played, so it's not easy.
02:20We created a lot of chances for the team,
02:22like Arsenal and Chelsea could not score.
02:24We created, we did it.
02:28Incredible how they run and fight and do everything
02:31when we talk, what we are.
02:33We missed some games.
02:35It was not good, but today the case was well played.
02:39This is my feeling.
02:41Andy?
02:43Hi Pep, you seem to be getting more injuries.
02:46Can you tell us about the latest ones?
02:48Kyle and Jack, why were they not available today?
02:51Kyle had flu, virus.
02:54Jack yesterday, the day before the training,
02:58he felt something in his muscles again,
03:01so I don't know the reason why.
03:03Edison doesn't feel good.
03:05The other one doesn't seem.
03:07Any more today?
03:09Any more problems today?
03:11No.
03:13We spoke with Nathan.
03:15Nathan made an incredible effort.
03:17I said thank you so much,
03:19and I appreciate the effort they have done.
03:21He was on the verge of recovery for three weeks,
03:23when he needed a little bit more,
03:25but the circumstances and the problems that we have,
03:27he made an effort.
03:29I said when you feel the fatigue or feel tired, let us know.
03:31The first part was control,
03:33the second part was more difficult,
03:35just for the fact that it was more of a transitional game,
03:42with Calvert-Lewin and After Bruja,
03:45so we had to make an effort.
03:47I said what cannot happen is injury again,
03:50so we'll have a game three more days later,
03:52and this is what we had to do.
03:54Rob?
03:55You just mentioned before about the players
03:57maybe needing to bounce back mentally
03:59because of some setbacks that happen within games.
04:01Obviously we've seen them for so many years being able to do that,
04:03stay very calm, stay very patient.
04:05Do you sense that maybe they're starting to doubt themselves
04:07just a tiny little bit because of what's happening results-wise?
04:10No, I think we were very patient.
04:12I think we played not except the last two or three actions,
04:14like we made a cross, a cross as it will happen,
04:16almost as a goal against,
04:19so I think we were patient.
04:21Of course, that is the momentum, the season,
04:25the momentum that is a little bit in the situation
04:28that everything takes more time to make it work.
04:33But if your colleagues talk about the table, the qualification,
04:37I don't have an argument of that.
04:39If you ask me about the performance today,
04:41we did what we have done.
04:44When we played bad, I'm the same,
04:46the press conference said that we're better,
04:48we're not good enough, but today was not the case.
04:50Against a top team, one of the best in the clean sheet,
04:53the chances that we had, and not just the penalty, a lot.
04:57But football is about winning.
04:59Football is about scoring goals and not conceding,
05:01and always we have done it, and this season,
05:03or I would say this last month, month and a half,
05:05we are not able to do it.
05:07One more before the embargo, James, please.
05:10Pep, obviously you had eight senior players missing today.
05:14I know you've cast doubt about whether you can actually get
05:17the quality you would want in the January window,
05:20but you were at a point where because you've got so many injuries
05:25and players are maybe having to play when they're not fully fit,
05:28you might have to make some compromises next month
05:31simply because you need bodies in.
05:36I don't know.
05:37A transfer window in winter is not easy.
05:40I think even the players know we have to add some players,
05:44but that's when those players come and they play in their position
05:47after they are unhappy.
05:49But the truth is, this season we have a lot,
05:51and this is a problem for the end.
05:53I think it's not to bring a player for that.
05:55You have to bring a player for the next three, four, five years,
05:58and sometimes it's not easy to do it.
06:00But, of course, I think we have to try it
06:02because it's sustained for a long time.
06:05Eight important players injured,
06:08and Gundo was not ready today,
06:10and Kevin was not ready for 90 minutes.
06:13Maybe he should have come in early, Kevin, or maybe Gundo.
06:18But the team was playing quite decent,
06:21and you can always expect Jeremy to make the action
06:24and feel his creativity,
06:26and Bernardo was playing unbelievable again.
06:29And Savio, having incredible quality,
06:32he can lose one or two balls,
06:34and after, in season, in season, the second half was brilliant.
06:37He started really well in the second half as well.
06:39So it was not easy to make these drops sometimes.
06:43But, yes, we have the situation, but it's not now.
06:49We say, no, it's this week, OK?
06:51It happened quick.
06:53It's been a long time we are in that,
06:55and, of course, we have to talk with the club,
06:57and the club will decide.