Pep Guardiola focussed on Man City lifting FA Cup with win against Crystal Palace

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Pep Guardiola focussed on Man City lifting FA Cup with win against Crystal Palace   16/05/2025  CGA, Manchester, UK

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00:00Which man, please?

00:03Hi, Pep.

00:05Firstly, anything on injuries?

00:08Anyone coming back or any

00:09concerns?

00:11It's the same like last week.

00:15What sort of game

00:16are you expecting against Palace?

00:19Last week

00:20you said Southampton defended and defended.

00:22It worked for them.

00:23Are you expecting the same approach?

00:27It's a fantastic

00:28team. They made a

00:29good season. Already the second part of the

00:31season. So a long time

00:34already. More than a month

00:35and a year with Oliver.

00:38Working with the same

00:39players. So it's a final, a fair

00:41cup. It's an honour, a privilege.

00:43Three times in a row.

00:45Being there and of course we had to perform

00:47well and we travelled

00:49to London

00:50to win the title.

00:53What sort of threat with their

00:55attacking line-up such

00:57as Eze and Saar and Mateta

00:59pose for you?

01:00The pace, the quality.

01:02When it's threat, because they have quality.

01:04The Lombos-Mateta is strong

01:05and after

01:06I would say

01:08the

01:08quality

01:12in Eze is

01:13obvious.

01:16And of course the pace from Saar, Saar against Aston Villa in the semifinals.

01:20They punish them a lot.

01:22Have an incredible pace, but not just him.

01:24Munoz,

01:25Wharton is a really good

01:27holding midfielder.

01:27I link really well inside and

01:29well-structured defensive.

01:31Difficult to tap.

01:32Set pieces may be one of the best in the Premier League.

01:34But it's a final

01:36too.

01:37If we play against

01:38Christophe Pala,

01:39who should have played against Aston Villa,

01:41it should be the same.

01:42So

01:42it's a final.

01:43We cannot respect differently.

01:45And have you relayed the message

01:46to the squad

01:47that a slow start

01:48against them this time

01:50you might not recover from?

01:52A slower start?

01:53Yeah, you went

01:542-0 down against them

01:55last time.

01:56Oh yeah, definitely.

01:58But we didn't start slow.

02:00We played good

02:01even in the beginning,

02:01but of course

02:02in one set piece

02:04and especially

02:04one other inaction.

02:06But we defend

02:07not much, much well.

02:10But before that,

02:12we considered the first and second,

02:13we were good.

02:14So in all the games

02:14we were stable.

02:15So it was a good performance

02:17when we played against them.

02:18Apart of the 0-2

02:19in the beginning

02:19and winning in the end.

02:23Hi, Pep.

02:26As the club continues

02:27to grow in stature,

02:29how important is it

02:30to keep adding

02:31trophies to that

02:33honours board

02:33even though

02:34it may not be

02:35the first choice

02:36of trophy

02:36you want to win

02:37this season?

02:37How important is it

02:38for the reputation

02:39of the club

02:39to keep adding to the ball?

02:41That is a problem, right?

02:42A fair cup now

02:43is not the first choice.

02:45So anything is enough.

02:49Of course we want it.

02:50Once we are here

02:51we want to leave the trophy.

02:52Of course it's really

02:53massively important.

02:54It was a disappointment

02:55last season

02:56for our performance.

02:57But I'm pretty sure

02:58we would perform well

03:00and we are going to

03:01compete against them.

03:03Of course it's important.

03:04Definitely it is.

03:05But to win the trophy

03:06you have to be there.

03:07And you have to be there.

03:08You have to win

03:09previous games.

03:10And we have done it

03:11for many, many years

03:12in the last years.

03:13And just on the squad,

03:15how is Rodri progressing?

03:16And is there even

03:17an outside chance?

03:18He's much, much better.

03:19Is there even

03:19an outside chance

03:20he could be involved?

03:21I'm waiting for the doctors.

03:22We make a surgery

03:23when they tell me

03:24he's ready,

03:25he's going to start.

03:27We don't want to

03:28take a risk

03:31and make a setback

03:32now in that moment.

03:35Pep, obviously

03:36this will be

03:37potentially the last

03:38appearance from

03:39Kevin De Bruyne

03:40in a City shirt

03:41at Wembley.

03:42You've then got

03:43potentially his last game

03:44for City

03:45on Tuesday as well.

03:47Is there a thought

03:48process in your mind

03:49about how you

03:50manage his minutes

03:51across those games?

03:52Could he indeed

03:53start both those matches

03:54do you feel?

03:54I'm thinking

03:55just in tomorrow game.

03:58Winning will help us

03:59for the final

03:59we have on Tuesday

04:00against Bournemouth.

04:01I select the team

04:03for the way they play

04:04the best to beat them.

04:07Obviously attention

04:08has already started

04:08to turn to

04:09who might be brought

04:10in to replace him.

04:11I know the club

04:12spoke to Florian Vietz

04:13this week.

04:14Other clubs

04:15interested in him

04:16as well.

04:16But would the signing

04:17of someone like that

04:18be the perfect start

04:19to your recruitment

04:20this summer?

04:22There's not the time

04:23to talk about that.

04:25Before the final

04:26FA Cup

04:27I have 24

04:28exceptional players.

04:30I'm going to talk

04:31one second

04:31about the future.

04:33And on those players

04:34I mean

04:35they've obviously

04:35you've mentioned

04:36it's the third

04:37consecutive final

04:38which is an honour

04:39in itself

04:39and an achievement

04:40in itself.

04:41Obviously you've won one

04:42and lost one.

04:43What do you learn

04:44more from?

04:45What do the players

04:46learn more

04:46from that moment

04:47at Wembley

04:47of celebrating

04:48or the moment

04:48of watching

04:49the opponents

04:50lift the trophy?

04:50What can be more

04:51useful for you

04:52tomorrow?

04:55For winning

04:56for our fans

04:58that have to travel

04:59like I want to say

05:00thank you so much

05:01for the effort

05:01to come to support us

05:03and come to London.

05:06Definitely

05:06it's much better

05:07winning than losing

05:08but learn for the losing

05:09last season

05:10was a special

05:11because

05:11three or four days

05:13or five days

05:13before we won

05:14the Premier League

05:14the four in a row

05:15and maybe now

05:16our mindset

05:16was not

05:17incredibly perfect

05:18but the game

05:19was not

05:19we didn't create much

05:20but it was not

05:21bad play

05:23some decisions

05:23was against

05:24and we lost it

05:25it's finals

05:26happened

05:26important we were there

05:28and again

05:29one more year

05:30later

05:30we are there again.

05:31Okay?

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