Guardiola unconvinced after Manchester City's 4-1 win

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola unconvinced after Manchester City's 4-1 win  04/01/2025  Ethiad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Evening, guys, usual process, show of hands, we'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30

00:25on Sunday.

00:26Simon?

00:28Hi, Pep, I know it's baby steps, but did that feel like the old Manchester City at times today?

00:36Sorry?

00:37I know it's baby steps because you've just won two games, but did that today feel like the old Manchester City?

00:47You judge the results.

00:48We showed in eight years our level.

00:54We are not at our level.

00:55We won, we are so happy, it will help us.

00:58You judge results.

01:00Our performance was not good.

01:01So when we play good, we know when we play good.

01:05I'm so happy for the guys.

01:06We work, I think, we work.

01:08The first minutes, they deserved to be 0-1 or 0-2.

01:12We were lacking the first goal.

01:14We are a strong team.

01:16We run a lot and with the ball, we were the composer.

01:19Now we don't have it.

01:20But, of course, very pleased with the result.

01:23But you cannot touch me.

01:24It's the old Manchester City's back.

01:26Because if you see the game, it's not.

01:28You saw many times during eight years what they have done with the opponents.

01:33Richard?

01:34Hi, Pep.

01:35Another week where Sevilla has turned in a really impressive performance for you.

01:41Just wondering, A, what you made of it, but also in setting up goals for Erling.

01:45Is that a new supply line?

01:46Yeah.

01:47I think he's cleaning his mind.

01:50He doesn't think, you know, nothing in his head for the past.

01:54Normally, when you are many years here, the players think that they deserve something special,

01:59what they have done, and that is a big mistake.

02:02A big mistake.

02:03They have to prove it again and again and again and again.

02:06And Sevilla have to do everything to win, you know, to prove.

02:11And, of course, having a left foot in the left side, like old-fashioned, old vintage football,

02:18but right in the right, left in the left.

02:21Of course, this kind of crosses helps a striker like we have.

02:25So, last second goal in Leicester, today we have two or three.

02:30And have this sense of aggressivity.

02:33Of course, he has a lot to improve, but he's not aggressive enough without the ball,

02:37in terms of run-notes, but he's a little bit soft in many departments.

02:42But, right now, we have something special and brilliant that helps us a lot to the team.

02:47Because he scored a goal, a little bit lucky, but after that, the two assists are brilliant.

02:52The second and the third are really, really good.

02:55I'm so happy for him.

02:56He deserves to play.

02:58Hi, Pep.

02:59To my amateurish eyes, you seem to be very open at the back whenever teams attack you.

03:05Is that a fair comment?

03:06Sorry?

03:07You seem very open at the back whenever a team attacks you.

03:11Yeah.

03:12There's a lot of holes in the middle.

03:13Is that a fair comment?

03:15And, if so, how do you solve it?

03:17No, when we attack quick, the opponents attack quicker.

03:21So, we have to make a build-up, drop them, and have to make 2,000 million passes.

03:28And we don't do it.

03:29We don't pass the ball.

03:30That's why we suffer.

03:32And we lose the ball so easy.

03:34And that's why they can't run.

03:36If you drop them and we pass the ball, how many times do we go left, go right, back, go left?

03:42No.

03:43We want to finish.

03:45The opponents are good.

03:46And when that happens, we are miles distant.

03:49Why is that?

03:52Because we need to find our tempo.

03:54You know, and the quality of the players and our tempo.

03:58It's not a ritual that happens.

04:00Our build-up today was quicker, was easier.

04:03We adjusted something.

04:04It was much, much better in the past.

04:06Even less so that we struggled to drop them.

04:08Today, Josco was brilliant.

04:10But, after that, we had to pass the ball.

04:12In football, you have to run when we don't have the ball.

04:15When you have the ball, you have to pass the ball.

04:17We cannot run with the ball.

04:18We have to pass.

04:19And after, when this happens, the players up front feel like Savino, like Jeremy, like the players with talent.

04:27Make after the action.

04:29And that's why we make the transitions and that's why we struggle.

04:33And it's not just about because we don't have Rodri.

04:36Of course, Rodri is irreplaceable, but it's not about that.

04:39It's our game.

04:41Everything wants to be quick.

04:43You want to win 4-0 after 20 minutes.

04:45No.

04:46That in football has not happened today.

04:47We have to take time, relax, have the control in our hands, through the ball.

04:52So, we are not built, like many, many teams in England, like their physicality is stronger than us.

04:57Have been.

04:58In every season, have been stronger than us, in terms of physicality.

05:01But we let them run because with the ball, we play better.

05:04And now, with the ball, run the team.

05:06Of course, run.

05:08More than ever.

05:10When you play that way, we run more than ever.

05:12But it's not about that.

05:14I think that's why we have success.

05:15We have to recover that.

05:19Can I just clarify what you were saying for your first answer?

05:22I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, obviously.

05:25I just want to make it clear to myself.

05:27Were you saying that the results have been...

05:30No, listen.

05:32I have a lot of respect for him because we know since we were teenagers, right?

05:36So, for a long time ago.

05:38It's not about that.

05:40Don't misunderstand me.

05:42No, I'm so happy.

05:43Listen, I'm so happy.

05:45So, I always sleep better these days.

05:47Until the last game in the FA Cup, I'm so happy.

05:49But he asked me if the old Manchester City, the way we play, is back.

05:53No.

05:54You have to know it.

05:56You were here watching our games for many, many years.

05:58It's not that level.

06:00Come on.

06:02It's not because we lose, it's a disaster.

06:04And when we won, it's incredible, perfect.

06:06Against Everton, we played much, much better than today.

06:08Much, much better than today against Everton.

06:10And we draw.

06:11It's a disaster.

06:13So, no, today is not...

06:15I'm happy, of course.

06:17We scored goals, good action.

06:19Savinia was good.

06:21Erling, two more goals.

06:23The people ran.

06:25Of course, they don't care about a lot of positives.

06:27But if you ask me, if the team is playing like we played for the last years, no.

06:29Absolutely not.

06:31I'm sorry.

06:33It was clarified enough?

06:35Yes.

06:37Simon, before the embargo, please go ahead.

06:38It's not all just because of the absence of Rodri.

06:40What is it then?

06:42Is it a confidence thing?

06:44Have the players stopped trusting themselves?

06:46No, they want to do it.

06:48Listen, sometimes it happens.

06:50I know they want to try it and they want to do it.

06:52I'm not saying I don't have any complaint about that.

06:54But I'm saying that we have to be honest with ourselves.

06:56And they know it.

06:58The best way to improve is better, really.

07:00I could say, yes, it's perfect, we are back.

07:02No.

07:04In moments we play good, but we are not in the right tempo.

07:05It happens in certain moments.

07:07It happens.

07:09I know we don't have legs to come back.

07:11I know we don't have many situations without the ball.

07:13I know that.

07:15We lost Ruben.

07:17We lost the pace for Manuel.

07:19John is not here for a long time.

07:21Some players are still not here.

07:23So, yes, it's happened.

07:25It's happened.

07:27But with the ball, we always have to try to use our bases.

07:29You know?

07:31We change many things in our team for one decade.

07:32It's because what we have done, basically, with the ball.

07:34If they don't run, or even when selected,

07:36they will be without a chairman in the tribune.

07:38So, they know they run.

07:40But with the ball, always, we were more composed.

07:42We knew exactly what was happening.

07:44In part, today, we are much better in many things

07:46against Leicester or Everton.

07:48We will drop them.

07:50But after that, you know, you have every ball

07:52that tomorrow is going to finish my career.

07:54You know?

07:56No, calm, calm, calm.

07:58So, we will have to try.

07:59You are anxious, you don't take good decisions.

08:01The good defenders, the defenders are not anxious.

08:03The good strikers are not anxious.

08:05Being anxious, you don't have to take good decisions.

08:07It's impossible.

08:09So, you have to be calm to read what happened.

08:11And now, we want to do well, we want to do well.

08:13Because I know they want it.

08:15But, of course, the result will help us.

08:17The result will help us.

08:19You know?

08:21To read and improve.

08:23It's happened.

08:25OK, we are not the best.

08:27OK, we will improve.

08:29Absolutely.

08:31Telephone number here.

08:33We improve for sure.

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