These are not easy days for Pep Guardiola despite the good news of his contract renewal with Manchester City. He is experiencing his most complicated moment, in terms of results, at the English club. Five consecutive losses. The last one, a resounding 0-4 this Saturday against Tottenham in the Premier League.
After the match, Pep Guardiola spoke at a press conference:
The match: “We started very, very well… and we couldn’t score. And then we conceded goals, and right now it’s more difficult for us emotionally. But in eight years we have never experienced this type of situation, now we have to live it, and We have to break it by winning the next games, and especially the next one…”.
In eight years we have never experienced this type of situation, now we have to experience it, and we have to break it by winning the next games, and especially the next one…
Pep Guardiola
The moment: “Sometimes you have to live it, sometimes you can’t find the reasons. We try to find them but sometimes they happen. And you have to accept it. Life is not always, in modern football, what you want. But we will get up and do it we will…”
Life is not always, in modern football, what you want. But we will get up and do it…
Pep Guardiola
What is the problem: “It is not a question of tactics when you lose these types of matches or these situations. Of course there are details, but in that situation what matters is how we react. And I don’t think that in that situation, when you lose three consecutive games in the Premier, the reason is a tactical issue…”.
Improvement: “We have to move forward, we have to break the bad streak, and we are going to try…”.
Recover: “I have to see the situation. The players came back late [de los partidos internacionales]. There were a few reasons why we couldn’t be consistent. Now the balance is not at the right time. But it happened. “We have to do it, talk and on Tuesday against Feyenoord have the opportunity to try again.”
Absence of Rodri: “Of course Rodri is important, but we have known it for many months. But Stones can only play 45 minutes. Jack has been injured many times. Kevin, two months and five months out…”.
Of course Rodri is important, but we have known it for many months
Pep Guardiola
Long season: “We have to go back and refresh our minds. The season is very long. A lot of things can happen.”
Liverpool vs City: “Before the game I didn’t know what was going to happen today, so I don’t know what is going to happen at Anfield. Everyone knows that the situation is new for us. It was more difficult for us without the ball. I don’t know how many times we created. Our game was there.”