Guardiola on Grealish after City 2-0 Leicester

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Guardiola on Grealish after City 2-0 Leicester  02/04/2025  Etihad stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00You have to make decisions, but there is a lot of goodwill for him.

00:05Yeah, of course. Scores, having a chance.

00:09He likes to play in the midfield as a guy who used to play free,

00:13but you have some patterns and he's most comfortable playing on the side.

00:18At the side there are elite contenders, but of course I have had the feeling that

00:22between the lines always his ability to control the ball, to have an extra pass.

00:29He was not rewarded with a penalty in the beginning of the second half,

00:33but yeah, I'm happy for him.

00:36I know it's not easy when you don't play quite regularly against the Primos.

00:39Last game in the FA Cup he played really good, much better than today, I would say.

00:43More in the position, more aggressive.

00:46But it's not easy for the strikers, the people up front in the middle,

00:50how Leicester today they defend, we expect a little bit more aggressive.

00:54In terms of the game against Chelsea, United, they were so aggressive

00:58from man to man, it didn't happen today.

01:01And it's not easy for the people who play in the middle when they defend low,

01:04low, low, a low block and defending the space.

01:07We misjudged the third goal, the rest was really good.

01:10With the third goal it can be easy, maybe we could have scored more.

01:13But 2-0 always, from the experiences that we had this season,

01:17many times we were from 2-0 and conceded a goal in hours.

01:22And after we lost many, many points, the game was not over,

01:26that's why the substitution was a little bit late.

01:29Can I ask about the return of Oscar Bob?

01:31I know it's been a long time coming, we were expecting him back in the new year.

01:35Why has it taken so long to get him on the pitch,

01:38but also how important is it for him, potentially, for the rest of the season?

01:42It's been long, because Inger didn't recover as we expected.

01:46It's a long time, so before the first game against Chelsea away,

01:50the first Premier League game was against Inger,

01:54so it was long, but I'm pretty sure he cannot forget the warmth.

01:58You know, for our people, it's really nice,

02:02and Oscar is a top talent player,

02:05and he's pressing and rhythm.

02:09Unfortunately, now we are in a period that maybe takes some minutes, it's difficult,

02:15but we are really pleased he's back, and he'll play a few minutes.

02:19I wouldn't expect to put him earlier,

02:22but as I said before, with 2-0 still, the game was not over, and I decide later.

02:28Hi, Pep. I know you said it was obviously difficult for the forwards,

02:32with the way Leicester were defending,

02:35but is there not an element of the forwards that had so many chances to shoot,

02:40and maybe not so decisive?

02:42That's obviously been the case this season, there's not been many goals from them,

02:46and without Erling, they are going to need to make a step forward now.

02:51Yeah, but they have to do it now with Erling, from 5-6 weeks out, or even more.

02:56Of course they need it, and maybe they are right.

03:00Maybe there are actions that you have to take and do it,

03:03but maybe step by step we will do it, and we create,

03:08and unfortunately Xabi will have chances to shoot if they happen,

03:12and Nico as well.

03:15But in general, the control was really good,

03:18except for one action at the end when Nico lost the ball.

03:21We didn't concede anything, and I think we created enough to win for a higher margin.

03:36Hi, Pep. Erling went to Barcelona to see Dr Kouga,

03:40is it pretty much as you thought?

03:43Yesterday we decided we knew it, and we saw him to make a treatment there,

03:48and yeah, with the spec, 5-6 weeks.

03:55OK, thank you guys.

03:57Good night to everyone. It's freezing today, right?

04:00Huh?

04:02Barcelona weather.

04:04It was cold, huh?

04:05Barcelona weather.

04:06No. No chance.

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