Guardiola on City's comfortable 4-1 Ipswich win

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Guardiola on City's comfortable 4-1 Ipswich win  24/08/2024  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Evening guys, we're working with the one mic, so if you can just let me know you'd like

00:13to ask a question, we'll come to as many of you as we can. We'll set an embargo towards

00:15the end for 10.30 on Sunday evening. Someone to start please?

00:20Hi Pep. As home openers go, does it get much better than that? Or do you take, or you criticize

00:29the way the team started? No, no. The team has started really well in

00:33the front foot. We play really good, but the opponents play and make an exceptional action

00:42and credit to them. But I think in front foot, always we talk about that, after a win, we

00:48won in the past. You know, think about if a win is not good enough, you know, for what

00:56we achieve. This is the only problem we can have. And when I see the team for the first

01:02minute, it's completely obvious how much respect we give to each other. That's why I said to

01:05them, the team that promoted League One to the Premier League, it's because they are

01:09something special. And I saw the game against Liverpool, how tough it was, away in the stadium

01:15in the first game, it was more difficult than maybe today. But yeah, we play in front foot,

01:21we create to win the game 4-5, the game will be over and 3-1 is always, you know, score

01:28two goals and second goal is always a problem. But I think we behave and we play. And the

01:34level that we started in Stamford Bridge and today, with the lack of preparation that we

01:39had, most of us, so having a 2-2-2, it's really good.

01:44Hello Pep, and we all know how good Erling Haaland is, but how important is it for him

01:49to be up and running in that sort of style so early in the season?

01:53I think I said a few weeks ago, I think he feels better than the previous season, after

01:59his travel to handle it and maybe not too many holidays. And I remember at the beginning

02:07I said, I'm still tired, I'm still a bit drained. And this season, for no Euros, and relaxed

02:14and arrived really well, we talked a little bit in the States, like I didn't like some

02:22things, and he changed his mind. And I think, of course, he cannot play all the games until

02:31the end of the season, but you know how important it is, the numbers, scoring goals and goals

02:38is unbelievable.

02:41You just touched on what I was going to ask actually, that as much as he would have suffered

02:45a summer of frustration watching the others play at the Euros, it was great for City that

02:51he wasn't there, and you're reaping the benefit of that really.

02:55When there is something wrong, always because there's coming something positive. So, always

03:00you have to try, when you have a defeat, ok, take the positive of this defeat to move forward.

03:06So he would have loved to go with Norway to the Euros, if not the case, ok, relax,

03:13play good this season and the other ones, to play good with him and qualify, help to

03:18qualify Norway to the next tournament.

03:21Hi Pep, I also would like to ask you about Savinho, he looked very sharp again.

03:30Yeah, first half better than second, second was more difficult because they changed to

03:34five in the back and sold so deep, especially Armino. But the penalty he created, the first

03:40action with the cross as well, winning with intuition in the pressing, you know, the second,

03:49yeah. So it's a short time here and his impact is already good.

03:53Jens?

03:54Hi Pep, I saw both after the 1-1 goal and the 2-1 goal that the players were really

03:59eager to get the game started again, run right back to the middle of the pitch and let's

04:04go again. How do you like to see that sort of reaction?

04:07Body language is still there, body language is still there. Define the team in the body

04:13language, how defend set-pieces or throw-ins, how when we have the ball to attack, the first

04:21action is to threat the opponent, still is there. So it's just two games, so the season

04:27will be long, we'll be up and down for sure. But I think everybody is committed and ready

04:33to do it.

04:34Richard?

04:35Hi Pep, Haaland now has as many hat-tricks as Wayne Rooney had in his whole career, there's

04:4016 Premier League seasons, he's only five from reaching Aguero who was here for a decade.

04:45How has he managed to get these numbers? Is it him or is it the team?

04:51He did it in Salzburg, he did it in Germany, the other numbers are ridiculous.

04:59He can compete in terms of goals with Cristiano Messi, the numbers are unbelievable, his age,

05:07short age, the amount of goals, he's an incredible threat for us and we are really, really happy

05:12to have him and hopefully he can be here for many, many years, so it will be good for us,

05:19really good for us.

05:21Hi Pep, how is Matteo?

05:23I didn't speak with the doctors to be honest, I think it was a knock.

05:29In the lab we know he was so aggressive with that and hopefully we have six days,

05:36six or seven days until the next game so hopefully he can recover.

05:40Issa Kabore was on the bench today, is he a player you see being part of the first-team squad?

05:44Maybe, maybe. He trained really good and he helped us in the positions sometimes we needed.

05:52Maybe, we have to decide, it's not already decided.

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