Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola unconvinced after Manchester City's 4-1 win
04/01/2025
Ethiad Stadium, Manchester, UK
04/01/2025
Ethiad Stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00Evening, guys, usual process, show of hands, we'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30
00:25on Sunday.
00:26Simon?
00:28Hi, Pep, I know it's baby steps, but did that feel like the old Manchester City at times today?
00:36Sorry?
00:37I know it's baby steps because you've just won two games, but did that today feel like the old Manchester City?
00:47You judge the results.
00:48We showed in eight years our level.
00:54We are not at our level.
00:55We won, we are so happy, it will help us.
00:58You judge results.
01:00Our performance was not good.
01:01So when we play good, we know when we play good.
01:05I'm so happy for the guys.
01:06We work, I think, we work.
01:08The first minutes, they deserved to be 0-1 or 0-2.
01:12We were lacking the first goal.
01:14We are a strong team.
01:16We run a lot and with the ball, we were the composer.
01:19Now we don't have it.
01:20But, of course, very pleased with the result.
01:23But you cannot touch me.
01:24It's the old Manchester City's back.
01:26Because if you see the game, it's not.
01:28You saw many times during eight years what they have done with the opponents.
01:33Richard?
01:34Hi, Pep.
01:35Another week where Sevilla has turned in a really impressive performance for you.
01:41Just wondering, A, what you made of it, but also in setting up goals for Erling.
01:45Is that a new supply line?
01:46Yeah.
01:47I think he's cleaning his mind.
01:50He doesn't think, you know, nothing in his head for the past.
01:54Normally, when you are many years here, the players think that they deserve something special,
01:59what they have done, and that is a big mistake.
02:02A big mistake.
02:03They have to prove it again and again and again and again.
02:06And Sevilla have to do everything to win, you know, to prove.
02:11And, of course, having a left foot in the left side, like old-fashioned, old vintage football,
02:18but right in the right, left in the left.
02:21Of course, this kind of crosses helps a striker like we have.
02:25So, last second goal in Leicester, today we have two or three.
02:30And have this sense of aggressivity.
02:33Of course, he has a lot to improve, but he's not aggressive enough without the ball,
02:37in terms of run-notes, but he's a little bit soft in many departments.
02:42But, right now, we have something special and brilliant that helps us a lot to the team.
02:47Because he scored a goal, a little bit lucky, but after that, the two assists are brilliant.
02:52The second and the third are really, really good.
02:55I'm so happy for him.
02:56He deserves to play.
02:58Hi, Pep.
02:59To my amateurish eyes, you seem to be very open at the back whenever teams attack you.
03:05Is that a fair comment?
03:06Sorry?
03:07You seem very open at the back whenever a team attacks you.
03:11Yeah.
03:12There's a lot of holes in the middle.
03:13Is that a fair comment?
03:15And, if so, how do you solve it?
03:17No, when we attack quick, the opponents attack quicker.
03:21So, we have to make a build-up, drop them, and have to make 2,000 million passes.
03:28And we don't do it.
03:29We don't pass the ball.
03:30That's why we suffer.
03:32And we lose the ball so easy.
03:34And that's why they can't run.
03:36If you drop them and we pass the ball, how many times do we go left, go right, back, go left?
03:42No.
03:43We want to finish.
03:45The opponents are good.
03:46And when that happens, we are miles distant.
03:49Why is that?
03:52Because we need to find our tempo.
03:54You know, and the quality of the players and our tempo.
03:58It's not a ritual that happens.
04:00Our build-up today was quicker, was easier.
04:03We adjusted something.
04:04It was much, much better in the past.
04:06Even less so that we struggled to drop them.
04:08Today, Josco was brilliant.
04:10But, after that, we had to pass the ball.
04:12In football, you have to run when we don't have the ball.
04:15When you have the ball, you have to pass the ball.
04:17We cannot run with the ball.
04:18We have to pass.
04:19And after, when this happens, the players up front feel like Savino, like Jeremy, like the players with talent.
04:27Make after the action.
04:29And that's why we make the transitions and that's why we struggle.
04:33And it's not just about because we don't have Rodri.
04:36Of course, Rodri is irreplaceable, but it's not about that.
04:39It's our game.
04:41Everything wants to be quick.
04:43You want to win 4-0 after 20 minutes.
04:45No.
04:46That in football has not happened today.
04:47We have to take time, relax, have the control in our hands, through the ball.
04:52So, we are not built, like many, many teams in England, like their physicality is stronger than us.
04:57Have been.
04:58In every season, have been stronger than us, in terms of physicality.
05:01But we let them run because with the ball, we play better.
05:04And now, with the ball, run the team.
05:06Of course, run.
05:08More than ever.
05:10When you play that way, we run more than ever.
05:12But it's not about that.
05:14I think that's why we have success.
05:15We have to recover that.
05:19Can I just clarify what you were saying for your first answer?
05:22I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, obviously.
05:25I just want to make it clear to myself.
05:27Were you saying that the results have been...
05:30No, listen.
05:32I have a lot of respect for him because we know since we were teenagers, right?
05:36So, for a long time ago.
05:38It's not about that.
05:40Don't misunderstand me.
05:42No, I'm so happy.
05:43Listen, I'm so happy.
05:45So, I always sleep better these days.
05:47Until the last game in the FA Cup, I'm so happy.
05:49But he asked me if the old Manchester City, the way we play, is back.
05:53No.
05:54You have to know it.
05:56You were here watching our games for many, many years.
05:58It's not that level.
06:00Come on.
06:02It's not because we lose, it's a disaster.
06:04And when we won, it's incredible, perfect.
06:06Against Everton, we played much, much better than today.
06:08Much, much better than today against Everton.
06:10And we draw.
06:11It's a disaster.
06:13So, no, today is not...
06:15I'm happy, of course.
06:17We scored goals, good action.
06:19Savinia was good.
06:21Erling, two more goals.
06:23The people ran.
06:25Of course, they don't care about a lot of positives.
06:27But if you ask me, if the team is playing like we played for the last years, no.
06:29Absolutely not.
06:31I'm sorry.
06:33It was clarified enough?
06:35Yes.
06:37Simon, before the embargo, please go ahead.
06:38It's not all just because of the absence of Rodri.
06:40What is it then?
06:42Is it a confidence thing?
06:44Have the players stopped trusting themselves?
06:46No, they want to do it.
06:48Listen, sometimes it happens.
06:50I know they want to try it and they want to do it.
06:52I'm not saying I don't have any complaint about that.
06:54But I'm saying that we have to be honest with ourselves.
06:56And they know it.
06:58The best way to improve is better, really.
07:00I could say, yes, it's perfect, we are back.
07:02No.
07:04In moments we play good, but we are not in the right tempo.
07:05It happens in certain moments.
07:07It happens.
07:09I know we don't have legs to come back.
07:11I know we don't have many situations without the ball.
07:13I know that.
07:15We lost Ruben.
07:17We lost the pace for Manuel.
07:19John is not here for a long time.
07:21Some players are still not here.
07:23So, yes, it's happened.
07:25It's happened.
07:27But with the ball, we always have to try to use our bases.
07:29You know?
07:31We change many things in our team for one decade.
07:32It's because what we have done, basically, with the ball.
07:34If they don't run, or even when selected,
07:36they will be without a chairman in the tribune.
07:38So, they know they run.
07:40But with the ball, always, we were more composed.
07:42We knew exactly what was happening.
07:44In part, today, we are much better in many things
07:46against Leicester or Everton.
07:48We will drop them.
07:50But after that, you know, you have every ball
07:52that tomorrow is going to finish my career.
07:54You know?
07:56No, calm, calm, calm.
07:58So, we will have to try.
07:59You are anxious, you don't take good decisions.
08:01The good defenders, the defenders are not anxious.
08:03The good strikers are not anxious.
08:05Being anxious, you don't have to take good decisions.
08:07It's impossible.
08:09So, you have to be calm to read what happened.
08:11And now, we want to do well, we want to do well.
08:13Because I know they want it.
08:15But, of course, the result will help us.
08:17The result will help us.
08:19You know?
08:21To read and improve.
08:23It's happened.
08:25OK, we are not the best.
08:27OK, we will improve.
08:29Absolutely.
08:31Telephone number here.
08:33We improve for sure.