Today's performance shows why we have won a lot - Guardiola on 1-0 win over Newcastle
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said the mentality and the performance in their 1-0 win over Newcastle showed exactly why they have won a lot
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00:00 We have a wonderful evening for you, a win that sets a new club record.
00:04 You seem to be enjoying that lap of honour with the players.
00:07 What sort of emotions have you experienced?
00:09 This is the second game of the season, but it's proof that there is a reason why we won a lot.
00:15 The mindset and the mentality of this group of players amaze me every time,
00:20 surprise me every time.
00:22 Against that team, and the conditions that we arrived in, with a lot of injuries and no rest,
00:31 they played really, really well.
00:35 Apart from that, the defence, how they run, the commitment for everyone was absolutely amazing.
00:42 You thought it would be a massive test for you tonight.
00:45 Were you impressed by the way your players handled the game right from the start?
00:49 Absolutely. We played really good, we deserved to win, we could have scored more goals.
00:56 Against Newcastle, we saw it a few days ago, against Aston Villa,
01:01 and what they did last season and this season.
01:05 But what I said, the difference in the winners' teams is the mentality.
01:10 This group of players, for many, many years, not just last season,
01:14 that was an exception for many years, they have done it.
01:16 And they still have done it today, again and again. It's just the second game,
01:19 nothing changed in terms of results.
01:21 And the title contenders are this kind of stuff that is ridiculous to talk about in August, September.
01:26 It's the, "OK, we know we are tired, I know we are not in the best condition,
01:32 I know we have five or six important players out, I know that, many things, but it's what it is."
01:38 So I said, "Yes, this is the challenge."
01:40 The Premier League decided to play today, OK, we accept the challenge.
01:44 This is what we have to do.
01:46 And that's why there are days when one manager is more pleased than the other one,
01:51 because we could draw, we could have lost.
01:54 It's football.
01:55 But the way we behaved was extraordinary.
01:58 Did you plan the Lap of Honour or was that just a spontaneous gesture?
02:02 I would like to do it every single game.
02:05 Every home game?
02:06 I would love it, yes.
02:08 It's our gratitude for our fans.
02:10 They come to see us and why we cannot share the moment together.
02:14 So, yes, it was really, really nice.
02:17 Thank you.
02:18 Fred?
02:19 Yes.
02:20 The fact that probably not many teams have been able to look at your past
02:24 and what you did tonight throughout the season to show you how ready to go against Chief.
02:30 We were ready today.
02:32 Now I have to prepare to be ready against Chaffee.
02:34 So, today you always have doubts how the team will feel.
02:40 Yesterday we arrived and I said, "I'm not ready, the team is not ready
02:45 to get any info in Newcastle."
02:47 We were there to spend time.
02:50 Today, we're playing the time like we played, training in the morning,
02:54 we prepare the game as best as possible.
02:58 They applied incredible because they have the right mindset and mentality to do it.
03:03 All of them, starting with Eddie, finishing with Jack, they were really outstanding.
03:10 Phil?
03:12 You were having a bit of a banter with one of the fans near the dugout.
03:16 He wanted me to make a substitution.
03:21 He was what?
03:22 He asked me to do a substitution.
03:26 So, one player out and I'm in.
03:28 I tell him which one, I didn't know it.
03:30 So, it was a joke.
03:32 I thought it looked like you were saying, "You can come here and do it."
03:35 Yeah, come here and do it, of course.
03:37 Did he not fancy it?
03:39 I thought Rico and Calvin and Cole to be part of that.
03:44 But I saw the team in that moment, I saw the team still alive in that game.
03:48 Sometimes the rhythm is difficult.
03:50 I know they were tired, but I saw the team still were there.
03:53 We're fighting every ball.
03:56 The managers have the option to make the substitutions,
04:02 but the managers decide whether to apply or not.
04:05 I thought the less substitutions, there will be less extra time.
04:08 So, that way.
04:11 Mike?
04:14 You talked about Phil Foden's performance, particularly in the middle areas.
04:19 You talked this week about how it's impossible to copy and paste Kevin.
04:24 But did you think that he was a very good playmaker for you in that role?
04:30 Phil has seen many times, can play in all the positions up front.
04:34 He has an incredible ability when between the lines,
04:36 the way he turns and attacks the last line is one of the best I've ever seen.
04:41 So, every control, he knows exactly what is the goal.
04:45 He doesn't need two or three touches for after installing the right position
04:49 to attack the ball.
04:50 And just one gesture is attacking.
04:53 And we thought for the way Newcastle defend, we could find him.
04:57 And after trying to do the speed with Juliano,
05:00 or Erling to find him in that position for the absence that we have,
05:03 for the quality of the players that we have.
05:06 Because Kovacic had better to play a little bit position backwards than forwards.
05:12 Managing to adapt the skills to the players that we have,
05:14 for the problems that we have right now.
05:17 But Phil, I know how good he is in that position.
05:19 How good he is as a striker.
05:21 How good he has played in the right winger, left winger.
05:23 How good he has played.
05:24 And I'm happy because I have the feeling that he's coming back.
05:28 So, still we are not in our best.
05:30 We need to play, still have to make a step.
05:32 But it's completely, completely normal.
05:35 So, in that type of period and where we come from.
05:37 But today the biggest difference is the team showed to me,
05:43 showed to the Premier League, OK, still we are ready.
05:48 We are ready to try it again. To win, shuffle.
05:51 This is the target.
05:52 David, before the embargo, please.
05:54 Yeah, of course.
05:59 It's a sad day for me personally and my family.
06:04 Mr. Mazzone was my manager in Brescia and today passed away.
06:07 After a long time, a big hug to all his family, wife and kids, nephews.
06:12 In a tough period in Italy when I arrived there, he was as a father for me.
06:16 And he passed away a legend for Italian football.
06:21 The impact that all the people have lived with him has been massive.
06:26 Not just the players, the presidents, all the football.
06:31 A big, big hug for all his family.
06:33 I remember that Edoardo Paglioni, my friend, sent me the t-shirt.
06:37 Sent me the t-shirt, yeah, one year ago.
06:42 And I said today is the day I want to wear it.