Guardiola happy with point against strong Chelsea side

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00:12 Evening, guys. We've got mics on either side.

00:14 If you can raise your hands, let us know you want to ask a question.

00:16 We'll come to as many of you as possible.

00:18 We'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30 on Sunday.

00:20 Jamie, please.

00:22 Hi, Pep.

00:24 Rodri has said that, given how you defended in the first half,

00:27 you didn't really deserve more than what you got.

00:30 Is that fair enough? He was saying you didn't defend very well.

00:32 Sorry, sorry.

00:34 Rodri has said just now that, given how city your team defended in the first half,

00:39 you didn't deserve more than you got because you didn't defend particularly good.

00:43 Is that fair?

00:45 Well, we didn't perform our level in the first half.

00:50 When you play teams that are composed and prestigious like Chelsea,

00:55 you have to perform 94, 95 minutes at your best.

00:58 We started to play after we conceded a goal.

01:00 Like, we make, "Oh, what happened here?"

01:03 We were not at our best.

01:07 It can happen, the transitions.

01:09 When you are at your best, you concede transitions.

01:12 It happened, but after we react like we are and we create a lot, a lot, a lot.

01:17 Of course, they had the one or two transitions for the quality

01:20 and we had the ability to keep the ball and grab a good run up front.

01:25 And, yeah, that was always that.

01:28 He also said that he'd never been involved in a match with so many foul decisions

01:31 that you were not given. Do you agree?

01:34 Which one?

01:36 Rodri just said that, he said there were so many foul decisions that we,

01:39 meaning City, were not given.

01:41 So he wasn't happy with that.

01:43 I don't know. If you tell me specifically the decisions, I can tell you,

01:47 but I don't know what you mean.

01:50 [Inaudible]

01:54 Which ones?

01:55 Just generally.

01:57 I can tell you which ones.

01:59 [Inaudible]

02:02 We had to perform better than ourselves, so we have to go there.

02:14 Yeah.

02:21 Erling had nine shots on target.

02:25 That's good.

02:26 First time that's ever happened in his City career.

02:29 At the end, he shoved a camera down.

02:31 Can you understand his frustration?

02:36 [Inaudible]

02:38 He didn't see the camera thing, but can you understand Erling's frustration

02:41 from missing chances?

02:43 He had nine shots on goal.

02:44 That's good.

02:46 He had nine shots and next game he's going to score.

02:50 I was a football player. I played 11 years and scored 11 goals.

02:54 What a stat, eh? One goal a season.

02:57 These are my stats.

02:59 I'm not the proper man to give advice about the striker, what he had to do.

03:02 We created the chances, he had the chances.

03:04 Not necessary to say, next game he's going to score.

03:06 I don't blame that.

03:08 You don't blame him?

03:09 Absolutely.

03:11 As human beings, as a team, as a group, the first half was not like we are.

03:18 The demanding is so high because no one is going to give us.

03:22 We have to do everything.

03:24 What happened in the previous season is going to happen.

03:27 We're Man City, so we have to do it for ourselves all the time.

03:31 Always.

03:32 The day one I said that.

03:34 You don't expect.

03:35 We have to improve the first half.

03:37 The second half was unbelievable.

03:39 How we played.

03:41 Of course, we made transitions because it happened.

03:43 But in general, it was really, really good.

03:45 After the goal, the conceit from Rahim was really, really good.

03:49 Just one more from me.

03:51 Right at the end, do you think it was a penalty?

03:54 The AR check, right at the end.

03:57 Which one?

03:58 The handball, Caldwell.

04:00 Which one?

04:02 This one?

04:03 Or the guy who walked ahead?

04:05 Which one?

04:06 The one in Chelsea box.

04:08 I didn't see it.

04:10 [Laughter]

04:12 Fred, in the back, please.

04:14 Fair enough.

04:16 Here, on the back, sorry.

04:19 Yes.

04:20 Yeah.

04:21 Over here.

04:22 Yeah, sorry.

04:23 Is Akanji playing in Stone's role the way you wanted him to play?

04:28 Is this a project in development?

04:30 We can do it.

04:32 I played performance against him, unbelievable.

04:34 Yeah, one, it's really good.

04:36 Our dynamic was not proper.

04:38 We didn't bring the ball in the spaces that they were and more active.

04:42 We saw it's not necessary to be a manager to realize the change.

04:45 After just conceit from Rahim, how we react in the second half.

04:50 Of course, we're going to play maybe 90 minutes in that rhythm.

04:53 But as a manager, I just had to be focused in the first half to be better.

05:01 And yeah, I'm sure we'll have another chance, another game to try to do it.

05:07 Jonathan.

05:08 How important was it to come away with at least a draw on a day when you did miss chances?

05:15 You weren't at your best, but you did come through with a draw.

05:19 How important was that?

05:20 Either way, we played, we deserved to win, yes or yes.

05:23 The first half was tight.

05:24 They had a chance to transition.

05:25 We had two or three clear too.

05:29 But the second half, the last 10 minutes, the first half, the second half was really, really good.

05:34 The way we played and we did everything.

05:36 And sometimes it happens.

05:38 We were close and always they have chances in transition.

05:41 But I could not expect differently when I saw the game against Aston Villa or the game against…

05:46 Which was the last one I played against Crystal Palace.

05:50 So, it's Chelsea, you know?

05:53 Chelsea football club.

05:55 So, I know they are so young and everything, but they are a fantastic team.

06:01 And it happened.

06:02 And for that team, you have to perform 94 or 95 minutes.

06:05 It was not complete.

06:07 Saying that, that it happened for a man of games.

06:10 We played to win.

06:16 So, no doubt about it.

06:17 The chances we had, we deserved it.

06:19 Anything for the Envergo?

06:21 You mentioned the first half and not starting well.

06:24 Is there a particular reason you've got for that?

06:26 Was it a tactical thing?

06:27 Yeah, for sure.

06:28 Maybe it's tactical, you're right.

06:30 Maybe it's tactical.

06:32 No, it's in general.

06:34 When you play, perform like this, there are always many reasons.

06:36 Not just one.

06:37 It was always busy.

06:38 Many reasons that…

06:40 Also, we can say that Chelsea played really good.

06:43 Not just…

06:44 You know?

06:45 It depends on us.

06:46 But we try to all the time see ourselves.

06:48 We can do better.

06:51 Salaam, Bhagav, Santa, Etion, Sunday evening. Richard.

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