Guardiola admits City are miles away from rediscovering their form

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Guardiola admits City are miles away from rediscovering their form   04/01/2025 embargo until 05/01  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Uk

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00:00The game was a little bit upset with the crowd reaction when West Ham scored one.

00:04I think he felt there was a bit of anxiety and edginess.

00:08What's your message to the City fans in the stadium?

00:11City fans saw, like maybe you didn't see,

00:14played really good and they won that.

00:16And you have to try to deliver to them.

00:18I know that the fans know that they are struggling now, but it's okay.

00:23Life is not perfect.

00:24Life is not everything.

00:25During the next 20 years, the next century, City is going to be in the Premier League.

00:30So it sometimes happens.

00:32You know, it's accepted reality, they're struggling, they support us,

00:35and they're going to be behind us and try to do it.

00:37And we want to do it, but sometimes it happens.

00:39But it normally happens, that reaction.

00:41It's normal.

00:42Why?

00:43Because they saw something unique that this country never saw before.

00:46I'm sorry, in terms of titles.

00:48Not in football, because Liverpool and Chelsea and United, of course,

00:52and Arsenal and everyone has his period.

00:54That was brilliant.

00:55But it was brilliant.

00:56And they see that, oh, that is not, maybe the same year is not.

00:58Yeah, but we will do it.

01:00We're back again.

01:02I want to, I want to fight.

01:04I want to try to deliver to the makers we're proud.

01:08So it's not.

01:08And, of course, if they help us, we'll be here.

01:12That's for sure.

01:12If they help us, the distance to come back what we were, will be short.

01:18Because they are human beings.

01:19They want to try to do it, because I know they want to do it.

01:22My players, I know them perfectly.

01:25Almost all of them, they want to do it.

01:26They are ahead.

01:27They want to try to do it.

01:28And that is enough.

01:30But it's them.

01:31And always the fans are right.

01:33So they come here to be delivered something like,

01:35I want to see something that I enjoy it.

01:38In some moments, we do it.

01:39You know, some moments we are, oh, God, create chances and do it.

01:42But not in the way we were.

01:44But the players know it.

01:46Because they know, the players know, we were there.

01:49I go there and after a while, oh, guys, you are fantastic.

01:51I said, Pep, what are you saying?

01:53We were there.

01:55We know that when we were in our best, don't lie to us.

02:00And you cannot improve, get forward.

02:01You don't accept your reality.

02:03Me as a manager and the players.

02:05If the players, they believe what they have done enough in the past,

02:08it's enough to let the car to play and do that.

02:11If they believe they are wrong with me, they are wrong.

02:14Completely.

02:15But I see every day, the training session, the kilometers they play,

02:17the way they play, and as much that they deserve.

02:21With the problems that we have, you know,

02:22still we have a lot of absence.

02:24But step by step today, Nathan, like I want to say thank you publicly

02:30because playing in bad conditions the last two or three games,

02:33especially in Everton and Leicester,

02:35they make an effort because it was not full, full recover.

02:38And with Nathan, we are better.

02:40You know, it's so stable emotionally.

02:42This anxiety, like I said, it's so stable there.

02:45And with that, and hopefully Ruben and John and, you know,

02:48the players come back step by step

02:50and we can find the right moment.

02:53Dave and Jack, please go.

02:54Dave.

02:55Hi Pep.

02:56You talked about the contribution of Savino

02:58and how decisive he's been in the last few games.

03:01How important can that be for a player like Jack Grealish

03:03in almost reminding him what he has to do

03:06and showing him the level he has to get to win back his place?

03:09It's easy.

03:10As much as he looks himself,

03:11and we see the contention,

03:13so they have to compete themselves.

03:15And now Savino is in better shape and everything than Jack.

03:19And that's why I played Savino.

03:23I wanted Jack for the time to travel.

03:25Yeah, I wanted.

03:29But I tried to be honest with myself, you know, for that.

03:33And what happened with Savino delivery in the box

03:36is higher than maybe the other wingers in that position.

03:40And they have to fight.

03:41You can say, OK, now it's unfair.

03:43OK, if you decide to think about that, it's fine.

03:47You have to prove, OK, I'm going to fight with Savino

03:50to deserve to play, you know, in that position.

03:54And every single day and every single week

03:55and every single month.

03:57And that is because I fought a lot for him.

04:01I fought a lot to be here, to come on, do it again, do it again.

04:04And I know I can do it, but I saw him.

04:06I saw him.

04:08It's not I never see one play Jack or the other one.

04:11No, I saw him.

04:12I saw your level.

04:13And I want that.

04:14Every single training session, every single game.

04:17That Savino, there is someone in this in this room

04:20that Savino don't deserve right now, doesn't deserve to play.

04:23No, deserve.

04:25So that's why I play.

04:26Because he produced, you know, goal the other day.

04:29And Everton was brilliant.

04:31And Leicester make the first goal and today make a goal

04:34and two unbelievable assists.

04:36The second goal from the beginning, that is top.

04:39So this is, that's why I played.

04:42So I would love to play football.

04:44I was a brilliant football player.

04:45You don't remember that, but I was a football player

04:47and I would like to play.

04:48I can't.

04:50I don't perform well.

04:50I cannot.

04:52Yeah.

04:54Just, just on Grealish.

04:56He seems to be in the team for a few weeks.

04:58Maybe put in a good performance and then drop out.

05:02What, what are you not seeing from him?

05:03He was injured again.

05:05He was injured.

05:08Two weeks ago he was injured.

05:09And he injured and need rhythm and play.

05:11Players and trainings and game to win the minutes half with that.

05:14I don't have any doubts about the quality of Jack.

05:17Any of his players would not be here.

05:20But there are, you know, they have to.

05:24It's right now, today at 3 p.m.

05:26Do our best.

05:27It's not about what we have done or what we will do.

05:29It's 3 p.m.

05:31The one hour, 30 minutes or one hour, 45 minutes,

05:33we're going to play.

05:34The responsibility belongs to the players, not to me.

05:37With the training before, when I prepared the trainings,

05:40now here is my responsibility.

05:41But on the pitch, it belongs to them.

05:44The goal is for Merlin.

05:46We won for Savino.

05:47We won for how we would defend the transitions.

05:51The good for Merlin.

05:52We won for that, not for me.

05:54How boring it would be with the players and never succeeded for the manager.

05:57The manager, I'm here talking because I have to come here for the contract.

06:01It belongs to the players, absolutely.

06:03The one hour, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, it's for them.

06:06It's not zero responsibility for me.

06:08I can suggest, but it's them.

06:10Ah, before, here, and before, after, it's my responsibility.

06:14And they have to take it, and they have to deliver.

06:17Every single game, what they have done.

06:20Thank you, guys.

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