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Guardiola unsure of injuries and fitness ahead of City - Everton  24/12/2024  CFGA, Manchester, UK

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00:00Hmm, a few people, huh?

00:06The good ones.

00:08Good evening, guys, hope you're well.

00:11We'll start the embargo partway through for 10.30 on Christmas Day evening,

00:15so tomorrow evening.

00:16Start with Simon, please.

00:18Hi, Pep, happy Christmas.

00:21I know you've defended Erling Haaland and said that your team's a better team

00:28with Erling in it, clearly, and he's one of your fit players,

00:33but he hasn't scored goals as regularly over the last couple of months

00:37within this run as he normally would.

00:40Do you sense some kind of confidence issue, or why is that?

00:45Well, first of all, Merry Christmas for everyone, for all of you, your loved ones, of course.

00:51It's about us, it's about not just one player.

00:57So when in the past we scored goals and Erling was so prolific in helping us,

01:02it's because of the team.

01:04And when you have problems in the back, in the middle, it's for everyone.

01:09It's a team, it's not about one player, it will be easy.

01:13For just one player, the reason why, it will be easy, it's not about that.

01:18Erling is so important for us, will be so important for us, has been,

01:22and try to do the things better, to use him better.

01:26Just thinking, because he's such a big character and because he's delivered so often for you,

01:32he obviously has the potential to lead you out of this situation that you're in.

01:38Listen, in this situation, this tendency for all of us,

01:41and said the reason why is this one, and this one, and this one.

01:46It's never not myself.

01:48So it's about us, it's about everyone.

01:51So it's not, will be the analogy when I said that the guys are running,

01:57making effort more than ever.

01:59So all the time they say, we don't run, we don't fight,

02:02the reason why is this one, this situation, or this player, or this manager, or this.

02:06It's not about that.

02:08It's many little details or big details that make all together not as good as we were.

02:15But we have another opportunity in the boxing day to try and win time for the players to come back,

02:27and in a certain time we'll be better.

02:32Hi Pep, can I just check on team news?

02:35The players from Nunez weren't at Villa, are they going to be okay for this one?

02:39We trained this afternoon, we'll see how many players we have available.

02:43Right now, I don't know.

02:45Do you know how severe is Stone's injury?

02:48I said the same, I didn't talk with the doctors,

02:52but apparently if he cannot continue the second half in Villa Park,

02:57it's because he will not be ready.

03:00Ederson drew 0-0 at Arsenal, he drew 0-0 with Chelsea,

03:04I think it's five clean sheets in six.

03:06Is breaking them down going to be the biggest challenge for you in this game?

03:11Well, Schoen and Dijk always have a really good defensive structure,

03:15really good patterns defensively and offensively,

03:20and when they are able to do it against Arsenal and Chelsea,

03:24that means they are really good, because they have good transitions,

03:28and of course at pieces, long balls, they are really, really strong.

03:34Yeah, it's one of the top fifth leagues in Europe,

03:39it's one of the best in terms of clean sheets,

03:41that means they are working really well.

03:48Hi Pep, talking a bit about Schoen and Dijk,

03:51looking back at your head-to-head,

03:53he's managed one draw against you in 17 meetings,

03:57apart from that you've won every match.

04:00What does that say about styles,

04:02is this in some ways the perfect opponent for you, the way your teams play?

04:07You are so kind.

04:10In that situation they are not the perfect opponent.

04:15It's about us, to come back in our best,

04:19and we will take time, still we will take time,

04:22because we don't have players,

04:24but we have to get results as quick as possible,

04:26that will help us to reduce the distance to come back to the players.

04:33So we are facing now Everton in a good moment,

04:37the results show it, the performance shows it,

04:41and hopefully with our people we can be consistent and get the result.

04:47You talk a lot about your situation managing here,

04:50versus other managers and what they face,

04:52I just wonder in this run,

04:54do you have a greater understanding of perhaps what other managers,

04:57the likes of Sean Dyche, that often have to firefight at clubs,

05:00go through these long spells without winning,

05:02do you have a greater understanding of the challenges of managing in those situations,

05:06as opposed to where you normally are,

05:08the challenges of trying to win every single game at the top of the table?

05:12I don't need to leave the situation,

05:14to admire and appreciate the challenges of every club.

05:17Every manager when handles one club, they have one target.

05:22When Sean Dyche, maybe one day, is going to train in a big club,

05:25they have other challenges.

05:27So that doesn't mean that I don't...

05:31When he was in Burley and now in Everton,

05:33and doing what he has done,

05:37when the targets of the club are doing a certain target,

05:43here I give a lot of credit,

05:45not for the fact that we won, we won in the past,

05:48but during many years I don't give credit for the other teams,

05:51what they have done. Never.

05:54And what does Christmas Day look like for you and the players?

05:57I think Kyle Walker suggested you'd be training tomorrow for the first time

06:00in a couple of years because of the game being on Boxing Day.

06:03What's the schedule for yourself and the players over the next 24-48 hours?

06:06We train today, we train tomorrow night.

06:09We stay over here and we are going to play on Boxing Day.

06:13Will the players get any time with their families in this period?

06:19Yeah, I have been in the families two days,

06:21today we'll be at home with the families,

06:23and tomorrow we'll be in the families during the morning

06:25and the night we'll be here.

06:27Hopefully they want to be here,

06:30because it's our job and our duty.

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