Guardiola on the unbelievable season Forest are having and their history

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on the unbelievable season Nottingham Forest are having and the spectacular history of the club ahead of the FA Cup semi-final Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00Forrest are having a dream season.

00:02They could come back to the Champions League after so long.

00:05Do you have any memories of that Brian Clough team?

00:09I was so young.

00:12How do you see their season?

00:15Unbelievable. I know the history I found years ago.

00:18His son in the Fiat Cup or Carabao Cup, I don't remember.

00:21And we talk about his father.

00:22What I have done is unbelievable.

00:24And I think English people know the character, personality,

00:27the press conferences, the way they play.

00:30If they did what they have done,

00:33Brian Clough has done what they have done,

00:35what Forrest has done is because they were a really good team.

00:38You cannot do it.

00:41No consecutive times do it.

00:43And this Nuno-Spirito-Santo team is quite hard to break.

00:47They fed really well, counter-attacked so fast.

00:51Yeah, Nuno has done incredible things with both,

00:53qualifying for the Europa League in Europe.

00:55And now with Nottingham-Forrest,

00:57always have done an unbelievable job.

00:58Always have been really, really tough.

01:00When I was involved now,

01:02and yeah,

01:03said, please defend.

01:05The commitment they defend.

01:06Always I said,

01:07when players defend that way,

01:08it's a huge talent.

01:09Always we consider the talent,

01:11the guys who have good skills,

01:12good passes, good goals.

01:13But I admire a lot the teams like defend with this spirit.

01:17Defend well is have a talent.

01:20And they have the commitment,

01:21and of course a transition with the tough, tough players at front.

01:24So the owner,

01:27I think invests with a top,

01:29with a top, top-class players,

01:31have a depper squad.

01:32And yeah,

01:33it was promoted in the Premier League,

01:35and they invest a lot to them being relegated.

01:37And they did it.

01:38And now,

01:38look,

01:39the results are here.

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