Guardiola on City injury crisis, Grealish fitness update and Brighton preview (Full Presser)

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Pep Guardiola on City injury crisis, Grealish fitness update and Brighton preview  08/11/2024  CFGA, Manchester, UK

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00:00Good afternoon everyone, I hope you're well.

00:08Same process as ever with mics on either side of the room and we'll set an embargo towards

00:14the end for 10.30pm this evening.

00:16Somewhere to start?

00:18Simon?

00:19Hi Pep, I know you get asked lots about your future and you always say not decided but

00:27the last two contract extensions you signed were in November, have you got any plans to

00:34go to Abu Dhabi over the next two weeks?

00:37No.

00:38That's fair enough.

00:42Can you just give us your view on where the team is at the moment, you've in your managerial

00:47career have never lost four games in a row, that's what you're looking at now, does it

00:53feel like a team who has lost three games in a row?

00:57It is the first time in my life, hopefully it's not the case.

01:03If you tell me 20 minutes against Fulham we're not good, the team is not good, if you tell

01:07me against Bournemouth I would say the team is not good, the rest of the game we were

01:11good.

01:12We're good, we'll see what happens.

01:18Can you tell us about Jack Grealish as well, he's not been playing but he was picked for

01:23England yesterday.

01:25A question for the manager from the UK.

01:28Is he fit to play for you tomorrow?

01:30No.

01:31Just on that Pep, are there any other players who have been missing recently who are available

01:37for you at Brighton?

01:41No good news, the same like I think in Lisbon, the same guys that we travel still there.

01:49The Brighton manager was a young player at Bayern when you were there, he described you

01:53as a role model.

01:54I just wonder what you make of his impact as a Premier League manager at age just 31?

01:58I'm really impressed with the way they play.

02:03I think Roberto Ceri will make an incredible job there.

02:08Brighton make a lot of signs this season and he's doing an incredible job.

02:12Personality, rhythm.

02:14The way they played the last two games against Liverpool was outstanding, the result was

02:18not good but they played really good.

02:21Always have been tough since Gahan Pota, always have been tough Brighton, away or home, it

02:27doesn't matter.

02:28We'll be no exception.

02:30Pep, your players aren't used to losing one game, never mind three, what have you said

02:37to them this week?

02:38It's different competitions.

02:44Have you had to reassure them a little bit?

02:46Bernardo, for example, seemed very down after the game on Tuesday.

02:52I don't think so.

02:53Of course we're not used to playing three games in three different competitions but

02:58it's football, it's happened.

03:00We know the reason why we struggled but looking forward to the game and after the international

03:07break and after that a few players will come back better and recover and for all the problems

03:15that we have, the little problems that every player has, we will solve it.

03:21I hope so.

03:22They say you learn more about your players when they've lost a game than when they're

03:26winning.

03:27What have you learnt about your players this week?

03:29Absolutely nothing because I've known them for nine years so they've proved many times

03:34what they are capable of.

03:37No change of opinion I have to them, it's part of it, it sometimes happens, I have to

03:42understand it.

03:45At the embargo there for 10.30pm this evening, somewhere to start.

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