Hear from the managers ahead of week 23 of the 24-25 Premier League season including Enzo Maresca and Pep Guardiola ahead of Chelsea's clash with Manchester City
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00:00They are really important for the quality of the side, how Chelsea have been.
00:13We are, they're closing the table, given the big, big problems that we had in the past,
00:18and recent past, and yeah, goal this week is really, really important.
00:24The next two games, they are really good.
00:26So I'm very pleased.
00:28It was a lucky man to work with him in the last years, and everything happened with him,
00:34and his family is fine, I'm fine.
00:36I'm happy for him.
00:36I think this kind of club, with these kind of players, when they are probably in a difficult
00:44moment, is when they want to show how good they are.
00:49They want to go against everyone, saying, OK, if you think that we are not good enough,
00:53we're going to show you how good we are.
00:55So I don't think it's a good moment to play against City.
00:58I've said this a few times recently, that the second half of the season is always more
01:01difficult than the first half, because some teams strengthen themselves during the winter
01:06break, some teams, of all the teams, not all of them, but many teams work with their manager
01:11for half a season, and that normally leads to a team becoming better.
01:17And that's definitely the situation also for Ipswich, although they've made it really difficult
01:21for us already in the first game.
01:23At a certain point they've become a very good team that makes it difficult for every team
01:28except maybe their last game, which was an exception to the rule, and maybe that was
01:34because City was City again.
01:36I know Vito very well from previous clubs as well, and what his ideas are, and it's
01:40very clear how he sets the team.
01:42I think he had a really good impact on the team, and it will be a really tough match
01:47tomorrow because they are a really well-coached team, and especially there, they are a difficult
01:52side to beat.
01:53They've done it differently, they've done it differently throughout matches, regardless
01:57of the opposition and regardless of the results, so it tells a lot about their intentions as
02:02well.
02:03So we'll have to understand very quickly what kind of game they want to propose and what
02:07is good for us.
02:08You want to create something new for the players, I want them to know me in a different way,
02:15not always preparing the matches with stress, we don't have the time to do that.
02:21So I think it's really important, I think it's the secret of teams, even when you have
02:27the best players, if you don't have that feeling, it's really hard to win.
02:31So I want to build something like that here, but we need time for that.
02:37I think if you look at Brighton nowadays, I think Brighton have been a big test for
02:40every club every time they go.
02:42I think their performances, the new managers settled in incredibly well.
02:47I think he was left a really good group of players and a group of players who play in
02:52a certain way which has worked very well.