Guardiola on man City's tight 3-2 Fulham win

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Guardiola on man City's tight 3-2 Fulham win  05/10/2024  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Good evening, guys, just take a show of hands,

00:20we'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30 on Sunday evening.

00:23Start with James.

00:25Hi, Pep, a really tough game for your team today.

00:30Tough? No.

00:32So easy.

00:37Do you feel, obviously they created a hell of a lot of big chances,

00:42which they couldn't take, and your keeper was excellent today.

00:45One is the chance I created, that is the truth.

00:48My feeling is the game was well played.

00:51The chance was created especially with Adama,

00:54because he's unstoppable, that guy.

00:57So not for any player can control.

00:59When he had the ball and made the first one or two touches,

01:02he started to run, you're going to defend an 8-year box,

01:04a 6-year box, it's impossible to control him.

01:07But I think the game in the first half was played,

01:10but to make one or two transitions,

01:12and made one against Anetti, always had that feeling,

01:14that, oh my God, what a chance they have.

01:17Yeah, it's true.

01:18The game was well played, especially in the first half.

01:21We found the second, and after we played some minutes,

01:23that, OK, we're going to score the third, we're going to control.

01:26In that moment we were a little bit...

01:29didn't know exactly what happened.

01:31After a fantastic goal from Jeremy,

01:34we couldn't take the ball, they put a lot of players,

01:36a lot of runners, and yeah, and after it happened.

01:40But absolutely it was a tough game, but we knew it.

01:43We spoke with the team and we talked with the team

01:46and said, guys, today will be a tough game.

01:48After the Champions League they have a long week,

01:50and listen, they lost just one game,

01:52in the first game in Old Trafford.

01:55The rest, they have incredible results,

01:57and they're playing really, really good.

01:59Many years, Marco, an exceptional manager, is there with them,

02:02and every season he's getting better and better.

02:05So, yeah, we have to deal with that.

02:09When we have an incredible run of not losing games here at the stadium,

02:14it's because some of them we won in that way.

02:17Nothing in life is easy.

02:19What's the goal, guys?

02:21Phil, in the middle.

02:28A lot of other players have had a lot more spotlight,

02:31limelight, headlines than Mateo over the 12, 18 months he's been here,

02:36but he's certainly stepping up to the plate,

02:39especially now that Rodri's out there, isn't he?

02:44Yeah, maybe it happened because he scored two goals.

02:46He's not a guy who scores goals.

02:48Maybe he saw Rodri with the goals he scored in that position.

02:52So, yeah, listen, when they defend with five in the back,

02:54we start really well.

02:56In two minutes we have two chances,

02:58and they shape immediately four to five in the back.

03:01And when they defend in five, there is one man free in the ATR box,

03:04that is Kovacic,

03:06except Jimenez has to defend Kovacic.

03:08Otherwise there are no transitions.

03:10So the two goals is because in that position they cannot defend it.

03:14Today the first goal was brilliant, the second one as well,

03:17and we had to exploit more against teams that play five in the back.

03:21Kovacic was really important.

03:23Now the opponents know they cannot leave him alone,

03:25otherwise they can score a goal.

03:34The team is obviously in good form, you've not been beaten yet this season,

03:37but do you have any concerns defensively?

03:39You've gone behind again early in the game,

03:42you haven't kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since Chelsea,

03:45is that a concern to you at all?

03:47Well, I would say except in the demo against Brentford,

03:50I scored the first minute,

03:52the other ones we were playing really, really good.

03:55But, yeah, of course, it's not nice always to come back with 0-1,

03:59but we created the chances to go 1-0, 2-0 in the first minutes of the game,

04:03and every single game would happen that way.

04:05But, of course, recovery is always not easy,

04:09and sometimes I give credit, so the first goal,

04:12who would expect Jimenez to do that incredible touch, you know?

04:17So why don't give credit to them more than be defensively bad?

04:22But, yeah, there is action that you have to defend better, that's for sure,

04:25but step by step we'll improve.

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