Pep Guardiola has come out to defend his job as Manchester City coach in the run-up to the match against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, December 4 at 8:30 p.m. The last defeat against Liverpool relegated them to fifth place in the Premier League and placed them eleven points behind the leader. A difference in points that distances them from a repeat of the title that they have managed to win for the last four years. And after playing seven consecutive games without winning – six losses and a draw – it has been the focus of the questions.
With this season’s entire squad, we will be close to the level we reached last season…
Pep Guardiola
City is close to the previous year’s level
A defense from the first moment of the press conference: “With the entire squad this season, we will be close to the level we reached last season…”, he valued his players this season. Just before being asked about a possible reinforcement in the winter market and where he did not want to close the door to movements: “We will talk in January. It depends on the position (of the squad to be reinforced) at that time…”
Some questions that have preceded the Sampedor coach’s announcement about the physical condition of a footballer as important in his schemes as Kevin de Bruyne: “He is closer and even improving. The last few days he is even better…”, being optimistic in his reintegration into the team dynamic and even confirmed that he also has John Stones against Nottingham Forest.
All this in a squad that is testing in search of a reaction as we could see with Stefan Ortega as the starting goalkeeper at Anfield, although he knows that he has two great goalkeepers and does not rule out anything: “Ederson is Manchester City’s number one, Stefan is the number two. But maybe Stefan will continue, we’ll see tomorrow and in the next games…” And that’s why he values Ederson’s respect for his decision positively: “He reacted very well. We’ve known each other for eight years, nine years… “
This is not the time to feel sorry
Faced with the worst streak of results in his career as a coach, the Spanish coach has stressed the importance of the fans in being able to return to the path of victory: “We need them. The situation is what it is and we need them. They have always been there. there. They know exactly what these guys have done, what this team has done in the last decade. Many, many good times we had together, and they know that we absolutely need the support. All of us, especially the players, are human beings. , and of course they are willing as always to give it everything to try to change the dynamic…”, he assured.
“We don’t feel sorry for ourselves, I don’t feel sorry for myself. It is what it is, we have to accept it…”
Pep Guardiola
That is why, in the face of criticism about the sporting situation due to his seven games without winning, he has said: “We do not feel sorry for ourselves, I do not feel sorry for myself. It is what it is, we have to accept it…” In addition to appreciate the words of other coaches like the Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo: “I appreciate it, thank you very much. I know what this world is like and how it works, so thank you. I appreciate it. I will reward the same words about him, and I know perfectly well what it is he work we’ve done together. But I can handle it…”
A press conference that ended by saying again what he thinks of his team and the game they are playing: “I would say that we are not very far from the second team in the Premier League, but it is always the way you play, the consistency that you have in the areas and many things that give you positive thoughts about what is going to happen in the future…”, he concluded his appearance.
