Guardiola pleased with City players after Everton comeback to nick a point

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Guardiola pleased with City players after Everton comeback to nick a point   26/12/2024  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Just the one mic, guys, so we'll take a show of hands, I'll come to as many of you as I can,

00:17that's an embargo part of the way through for 1.30pm on Saturday it will be.

00:22Start with Pete, please.

00:25Pep, good afternoon.

00:27Watching your body language during that game, you looked like you didn't enjoy most of it,

00:30what are the emotions at the moment?

00:31Sorry?

00:32You didn't look like you enjoyed most of that game, judging by your body language,

00:36what are the emotions at the moment?

00:37No, it's not true.

00:38My body language was positive, yes, because the team played really good.

00:43I'm not agree.

00:45You looked very frustrated at times, though.

00:47No.

00:49We shoot, I don't know how many shoots, and the first half was brilliant,

00:53the first 10-15 minutes, the penalty was really good,

00:56the first time they arrived they scored a goal at the end,

00:58of course in the transition we could suffer the defeat,

01:01but we analysed the result, of course we are not happy,

01:04but the performance that we had done, the guys again,

01:07with the situation they were in were brilliant,

01:09of course we're going to score the goals that we need,

01:12but there are other days like I'm more,

01:15because I don't see many things I like the way they play,

01:18but today was not the case.

01:20When you're not winning games, though,

01:22and when you're not trying to catch up the top four,

01:25again, does the frustration build when you come off the pitch at the end

01:28and see where you might end up tonight?

01:30You could be nearly halfway down the table tonight.

01:34Yeah, we'll see if we can.

01:39Shall we go, guys?

01:40Yeah, Ty.

01:41Hi, Pep. It felt like the atmosphere inside the stadium

01:45and the nervousness got worse after Erling missed that penalty,

01:49is that kind of natural when you're in a run like this,

01:52that moment like that happens and the players and the supporters

01:55start to think the worst?

01:57There's a long time to go, but it almost felt like that moment

01:59everyone sort of went, here we go again.

02:01Is that kind of natural and how do you stop that happening?

02:04I had to bounce back mentally.

02:06Life is not easy, sport is not easy,

02:08when that happens, it's OK.

02:10We still have a lot of minutes to play.

02:12We had the chances afterwards,

02:14except the last uncontrolled game in the last minutes

02:16that everything could happen.

02:18The rest of the game was well played, so it's not easy.

02:20We created a lot of chances for the team,

02:22like Arsenal and Chelsea could not score.

02:24We created, we did it.

02:28Incredible how they run and fight and do everything

02:31when we talk, what we are.

02:33We missed some games.

02:35It was not good, but today the case was well played.

02:39This is my feeling.

02:41Andy?

02:43Hi Pep, you seem to be getting more injuries.

02:46Can you tell us about the latest ones?

02:48Kyle and Jack, why were they not available today?

02:51Kyle had flu, virus.

02:54Jack yesterday, the day before the training,

02:58he felt something in his muscles again,

03:01so I don't know the reason why.

03:03Edison doesn't feel good.

03:05The other one doesn't seem.

03:07Any more today?

03:09Any more problems today?

03:11No.

03:13We spoke with Nathan.

03:15Nathan made an incredible effort.

03:17I said thank you so much,

03:19and I appreciate the effort they have done.

03:21He was on the verge of recovery for three weeks,

03:23when he needed a little bit more,

03:25but the circumstances and the problems that we have,

03:27he made an effort.

03:29I said when you feel the fatigue or feel tired, let us know.

03:31The first part was control,

03:33the second part was more difficult,

03:35just for the fact that it was more of a transitional game,

03:42with Calvert-Lewin and After Bruja,

03:45so we had to make an effort.

03:47I said what cannot happen is injury again,

03:50so we'll have a game three more days later,

03:52and this is what we had to do.

03:54Rob?

03:55You just mentioned before about the players

03:57maybe needing to bounce back mentally

03:59because of some setbacks that happen within games.

04:01Obviously we've seen them for so many years being able to do that,

04:03stay very calm, stay very patient.

04:05Do you sense that maybe they're starting to doubt themselves

04:07just a tiny little bit because of what's happening results-wise?

04:10No, I think we were very patient.

04:12I think we played not except the last two or three actions,

04:14like we made a cross, a cross as it will happen,

04:16almost as a goal against,

04:19so I think we were patient.

04:21Of course, that is the momentum, the season,

04:25the momentum that is a little bit in the situation

04:28that everything takes more time to make it work.

04:33But if your colleagues talk about the table, the qualification,

04:37I don't have an argument of that.

04:39If you ask me about the performance today,

04:41we did what we have done.

04:44When we played bad, I'm the same,

04:46the press conference said that we're better,

04:48we're not good enough, but today was not the case.

04:50Against a top team, one of the best in the clean sheet,

04:53the chances that we had, and not just the penalty, a lot.

04:57But football is about winning.

04:59Football is about scoring goals and not conceding,

05:01and always we have done it, and this season,

05:03or I would say this last month, month and a half,

05:05we are not able to do it.

05:07One more before the embargo, James, please.

05:10Pep, obviously you had eight senior players missing today.

05:14I know you've cast doubt about whether you can actually get

05:17the quality you would want in the January window,

05:20but you were at a point where because you've got so many injuries

05:25and players are maybe having to play when they're not fully fit,

05:28you might have to make some compromises next month

05:31simply because you need bodies in.

05:36I don't know.

05:37A transfer window in winter is not easy.

05:40I think even the players know we have to add some players,

05:44but that's when those players come and they play in their position

05:47after they are unhappy.

05:49But the truth is, this season we have a lot,

05:51and this is a problem for the end.

05:53I think it's not to bring a player for that.

05:55You have to bring a player for the next three, four, five years,

05:58and sometimes it's not easy to do it.

06:00But, of course, I think we have to try it

06:02because it's sustained for a long time.

06:05Eight important players injured,

06:08and Gundo was not ready today,

06:10and Kevin was not ready for 90 minutes.

06:13Maybe he should have come in early, Kevin, or maybe Gundo.

06:18But the team was playing quite decent,

06:21and you can always expect Jeremy to make the action

06:24and feel his creativity,

06:26and Bernardo was playing unbelievable again.

06:29And Savio, having incredible quality,

06:32he can lose one or two balls,

06:34and after, in season, in season, the second half was brilliant.

06:37He started really well in the second half as well.

06:39So it was not easy to make these drops sometimes.

06:43But, yes, we have the situation, but it's not now.

06:49We say, no, it's this week, OK?

06:51It happened quick.

06:53It's been a long time we are in that,

06:55and, of course, we have to talk with the club,

06:57and the club will decide.

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