Guardiola on Manchester City dropping to fifth after 2-0 Liverpool defeat

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Guardiola on Manchester City dropping to fifth after 2-0 Liverpool defeat  01/12/2024  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Well, first is to congratulate Liverpool for the well-deserved victory, the first 50-20

00:15minutes we experienced like many other times, coming here with our prime, these 50-20 minutes

00:24we suffered, they will deserve the goal, they won zero down. And after we take the game,

00:29I know for some people don't like the line-ups, but we cannot compete against Liverpool,

00:36not just Liverpool, many, many other clubs, a transitional team. So I love wingers,

00:42but I want more control because we know when they lose, immediately they contact with Salah,

00:46with Esbosolai, or Luis, or Gabco, and after we get Darwin, so they are so fast, faster,

00:54quicker, stronger than us in that position. When a game like bring it like it happened in the last

01:0150-20 minutes of first half, in the second half until in the last 50-20, Bernardo lose a ball

01:07in the middle, Salah have a big chance, and after that the penalty, of course more difficult. So

01:14yeah, congratulated, I was always positive, I said I know a different situation in terms of

01:20result right now, but the team gave everything, and I see how Ruben come back from many times

01:26injured, Nathan as well, and how good Nathan controls Salah in the duels. But our threat

01:36is not clear, we have the feeling that we, yeah, first 20 minutes, and the other one,

01:42but we have the feeling that we still have that threat that always we had as a team,

01:47and defensively we are not solid right now, not today, a few games, we have to recover,

01:54especially be solid behind, because at the end, Kevin has the chance to equalise,

02:01maybe it should not happen with 0-1, the action, but yeah, accept the reality what it is,

02:07and yeah, recover, and not take it for granted.

02:11You said he come before in your prime, how far off your prime?

02:20Not necessary to say, manager, I want the team back, the players back, and

02:28it is important because now the training session has been better, there are four or five players

02:31that come back, and we will make a reset from here, I have the feeling that from here we start

02:38to build something, tell me delusional or something like that, but I have the feeling

02:43that from here we are going to try to build our back to win games, our confidence, and of course

02:51our targets cannot be talked about in November, the titles, I didn't do it when we were top of

02:56the league, close, and at the end you are a team, it is fantastic, we are not far away from Arsenal,

03:01or far away from the teams there, but Liverpool will win all the games in the Champions League,

03:07in the Premier League they just lost one against Nottingham Port is here, that means how good

03:11they are doing, what happened, all we can do is accept it, congratulate them and learn from them,

03:16but at the same time we are still in November, we are not at the end of the season,

03:20many things can be made more drastically, so I am sitting here still,

03:26defending what we defend, because this play as a group of players gave me absolutely everything,

03:31my best one, probably the best years of my life as a manager, I live here in Manchester,

03:37but I have to find, we have to find a solution, I have to find a solution or

03:41the reason why we are the players to try to win games.

03:44You were saying just then, you feel you can build from this and move on,

03:49is that because of the players coming back from injury, but also what was on the pitch,

03:52the fight of the players, the period when it was going well?

03:57If today we give up, when you come to Anfield and the opponents give up or are not consistent,

04:08you go home with a terrible result, I think the team was there all the time,

04:14even in the best moments, resilience to be in the game, knowing it's going to happen,

04:18we've experienced it many times, we cannot drop and be negative and continue positive with our

04:22momentum, and I think the last 15, 20 minutes in the first half and the second half especially,

04:28until I would say the first 25, 30 minutes of the second half, the game is what we wanted

04:33without the threat we expect to create after passes, this is the truth, so we didn't create

04:38much and at the end we had to play games to create chances, and at the end now we don't have it.

04:44When you did this at the end to remind the fans, presumably the six Premier League titles,

04:48do you think it was a difficulty, does it help to put it in perspective,

04:52how difficult it's been to win in the Premier League?

04:54No, don't try to be nice to me Sam, because the perspective is the day,

04:58day, day, the business is how to react today, not what happened.

05:04Lisa, I'm so proud for my six Premier Leagues against that team in the previous teams,

05:07I'm so sorry, I didn't expect Anfield with 0-2 to try to be sacked, maybe I deserve to be sacked,

05:12honestly, with the results maybe I'm still in job because we won six Premier Leagues,

05:18a lot of titles, otherwise the hierarchy maybe would think, oh this doesn't work,

05:23but I didn't expect with 0-2 to start to sink, we should think maybe with 0-1 when the game was a

05:29little bit tighter, or maybe last season or the previous season, but maybe in Brighton they did

05:34it, so I understand, but Anfield I didn't expect that, but it's fine, so it's what it is, at the

05:40end it's part of the game, when you win you laugh, when you lose they laugh, and I have to accept,

05:45there have been incredible battles, I've said many times, the time with Jurgen was unforgettable

05:49for me, unforgettable, and the battles with Liverpool always have been forever, and I know

05:56even winning for a little margin in the Premier Leagues, the team was amazing and they could

06:00happen, but unfortunately we were so resistant, so committed, so strong mentally in our best

06:06moments, and it helped us to do something magnificent, that now this season will be so

06:15difficult to repeat, for many times I've said, but I'm pretty sure the club, all of us will reflect

06:22and try to become strong, and it will happen next Wednesday with our fans, and Etihad against

06:31Nottingham Forest.

06:43I just can say thank you to Bernardo, to Manu, to Rico, to play in a position that they are not

06:47used to, you know, to fight against Gravenberg, Gravenberg is a number 10, the first control is

06:54amazing, and after the tag to the next line of McAllister experienced players, of course there's

06:58Bonsolai, or Curtis Jones, or the players they have, so they make an incredible effort, they did

07:04it, and Manu make, I know, but Manu playing with Rodri, or with Kovac, is different to play with

07:10Bernardo, and Bernardo is a player that play more in positions in between, and there, and

07:15but I know he fights, so what can I say, so I know they make an incredible effort to come back, and

07:21today Kevin, the rhythm was much better than the previous games, Jack in the middle, I'm thinking

07:27can help us to have that control, even that vision to the final third, and as much our

07:34weeks go through, and as much we can win games, our physical condition will be better, and we'll

07:40be a better, better team, and hopefully it can happen.

07:48Sorry?

07:58Yeah, it's right, so well, I live better before than now,

08:07even the taste of the wine sounds, I would say the taste is better,

08:14but I'm a practical, I would say I'm, I'm incredible quite honest with me, and in the same time

08:22when we were winning a lot, my prospect was so okay, I'm fortunate to live that, and I'm not

08:30depressed, like I said, everything is going, but I'm incredible honest with myself, and when I would

08:35think I cannot do it, we talk with the club, but I feel that I want to do it, and, and, and it's

08:43part of the, life is not in all departments in life, no sport, and everything, everything is not,

08:48not perfect, but you know, when I started the season, I said, CT, of course, when the fifth,

08:53and the rest, they have to fight for the Champions League, I said, oh my God, so that is not about,

08:57it looks like what we have done in the past is easy, I know Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool we beat,

09:01or Arsenal in the last seasons, how strong they are, but now we are not as strong as we were,

09:06that is a reality for, again, for many, many circumstances, not just Rodri, that of course,

09:12Rodri is vital for us, but not just him, for many reasons, and the best way to go through for that,

09:17me, myself, is accept the reality, accepting the reality, accepting that the decision you have to

09:22make, and find a solution to try to win in games with, with these players, when I was in trouble,

09:30and trouble, my mom and dad never gave me away, you know, always was there, and I had the feeling,

09:34the club want to be with the players, I want to be with these players, and happen, so we didn't

09:41think, okay, we can lose one game, two games, lose six, the seven is, wow, it's a lot, but

09:45it's what it is, so accept it. Thank you guys. Thank you.

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