Pep reacts to getting knocked out by Tottenham after losing 2-1

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Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola reacts to getting knocked out by Tottenham after losing 2-1  30/10/2024  Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK

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00:00I hope you're well. We'll take a show of hands for questions, please.

00:03Somewhere to start?

00:07Somewhere to start, guys?

00:11It was a good game.

00:14Really tough in the transitions, but...

00:17We played really, really good, especially...

00:19We started really well, the first action they could run, they scored,

00:22but...

00:23And that's a fantastic goal, the second one, but after the last 20, 25 minutes,

00:29we were really, really good, in the second half they had two, three anxious transitions,

00:33but in general, we made a really good performance, I'm so proud.

00:37So I like the way we're playing.

00:39A lot of talk about the schedule, you lost to Manuel in the warm-up...

00:43And van der Wijn for them.

00:45And van der Wijn for them.

00:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, and van der Wijn for them.

00:48I mean, was this game just another example of the pressures on the players?

00:52It will be, yeah, we are 13 players, so we are in real difficulty,

00:57but we have to make the effort for the last week,

00:59because the guys who played finished most of them with problems,

01:04so we'll see how is recovery, but yeah, we...

01:09I think when we are in trouble, like we are, because in nine years

01:12never had in the situation that many, many injuries for many reasons,

01:15and never had the feeling when is it...

01:18In these situations, the players, they make a step forward,

01:23so they are more together than ever, and we will try to do this week

01:27and this short time for recovery.

01:29What will happen with Savino exactly?

01:32Have the knock in the ATR box, a potential penalty,

01:37and we'll see tomorrow what happens.

01:40We'll see tomorrow.

01:41Because suddenly he was being taken off from the stretcher...

01:44Yeah, we have to see if it's just a knock or something else,

01:48it was in the bone, hopefully.

01:51There's nothing dangerous, but we'll see tomorrow.

01:55And was the injury situation the reason for not bringing on early?

02:00Yeah, the plan was before, they didn't play,

02:05and the game against Santos was so demanding,

02:09and it's going to come, and I didn't want to take a risk with him today,

02:12in this competition.

02:15Sorry to ask about another player,

02:17Guardiola looked like he was getting a bit of treatment at full-time,

02:21is he injured as well?

02:23I don't know, I didn't speak.

02:25Every time we were in the table, massage, it was too busy, too crowded.

02:29So I don't know.

02:32You've got really intense games over the next week,

02:37like Bournemouth, who obviously showed that they're a really good team,

02:40then the travel to Liverpool and then Brighton is intense as well.

02:46When you have the situation with all the squad, it's fine,

02:49but the situation will be...

02:50But that's what I said before to your colleagues,

02:52that it will be a big step forward, all of us.

02:56Tomorrow we have two keepers and a half to the training session,

02:59the rest, so we don't have anything else.

03:02But today Nico played like Nico we met in the pre-season,

03:07Jacob was really good,

03:09and Jamal played exceptional as a central defender,

03:14and it's really good, this competition,

03:16to use these players, to play this Makati,

03:18what a game he played.

03:20Neve won, and Guido Kovac in the second half was amazing,

03:25and Bernardo as well.

03:27Rico, the only player we cannot rest.

03:29We would like to rest, but we cannot do it.

03:33I'm really pleased with what I've seen, honestly.

03:37Really, really pleased.

03:38Last season against Newcastle happened the same,

03:40played a first good half, the second half was not good.

03:44But today was 90 minutes really, really composed against

03:46a team that is so, so dangerous, so difficult to handle it.

03:50Really pleased.

03:52The other thing is, you mentioned Rico,

03:55he looks exceptionally tired.

03:58Exceptional?

03:59Tired.

04:00Yeah.

04:02How are you going to be able to manage that?

04:04I cannot have an alternative.

04:07My captain is injured.

04:11I don't have an alternative.

04:14Are you likely to have Walker or De Bruyne back in the next...?

04:18No.

04:20I think after the international break.

04:22Both of them?

04:23Three of them.

04:24Leo and Jack Grealish as well.

04:28How is Evo in the dressing room feeling?

04:31Really good.

04:32Positive tonight, but he lost two more.

04:34Ah, for the injuries?

04:36Yeah, it's tough, it's tough.

04:39Akanji yesterday, I didn't know it,

04:41in the last action, felt something miniscule

04:44in the muscular part of his body.

04:47And to end the warm-up, he didn't feel good.

04:50He said, no, I can take a risk.

04:51I said, no, no risk.

04:53And Ruben, Ruben is struggling sometimes as well.

04:57So all of us, play the national teams,

05:00and, you know, recovery.

05:02And yeah, it would be...

05:05He's been getting more difficult.

05:08But maybe when they arrive,

05:10it will be all together.

05:11So that's why the guys who are here,

05:14making an effort to be with us,

05:16fighting to be with us,

05:19and playing with pain and focus

05:23and leaving 24 hours for us.

05:27These guys, I will not forget it.

05:30You said in the past how much you liked

05:32Bayern for the success of it.

05:33How did you think he was developing?

05:36Really good.

05:37He's a really, really good player.

05:38What do you like about him?

05:39Everything.

05:41Does he remind you at all about De Bruyne?

05:43Sorry?

05:44Does he remind you at all about De Bruyne?

05:45No.

05:46Nobody's like Kevin.

05:48In his prime?

05:51The amount of things that Kevin produces in a game,

05:53nobody can do it.

05:56Last one about this place.

05:58Pep, it's such a long time since your team lost.

06:01Congratulations.

06:03Do you remember when it...

06:04This is the new.

06:05The new is not loose.

06:07This whole long time we didn't loose it.

06:08Of course, with the FA Cup final,

06:10we were a little bit hungover.

06:13But, yeah, it's good news.

06:16I don't like to loose, you know.

06:18But, you know, this competition is a little bit different

06:24and I like to see the team, how we behave, you know.

06:28The courage and the solidarity

06:31and how good we play.

06:33I like it.

06:34Still, I like it.

06:36It's only that how many plays we are able.

06:38But we have academy

06:41and if the seniors cannot be there, we'll do it.

06:45And we're going to warm up to compete.

06:47Have a lovely evening.

06:48Good night.

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