Pep reacts to Man CIty's draw against Brentford following a 2-0 lead

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola reacts to Man CIty's draw against Brentford following a 2-0 lead  14/01/2025  Brentford Stadium, London, UK

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00:00No, it's not about the frustration, it's where he is, so we were close, but the game was,

00:09we had chances, I think we didn't take the right decision when we could run, because

00:16for the way they play, you can run when you play man-marking and you are able to make

00:20a build-up and win the ball, you can run, and after that our decision was not the best

00:26that it could be, but at the end they put a lot of players in the box and 2-0 was there

00:32and between the 2-1 and 2-2 it was really good, we controlled it, we dropped them, we

00:38didn't accelerate the game, we should do it, what we had done before the 2-1, and after

00:44they put a lot of players in the box, the crosses, they are stronger than us in that

00:48department for the absence that we have, and at the end they equalised.

00:52Did you feel as if you had done enough to win the game, because De Bruyne was clearly

00:56very good tonight, filled back to best in terms of scoring twice, and it feels as if

01:03there were real positives as well?

01:06Always there are positive things and negative, but always there are positive, of course we

01:10are happy for many things we have done, but obviously have not been enough, but of course

01:17there are good positive things, and up front the people create a lot, it's the time I've

01:22been here in Brentford since I was promoted in the Premier League, but more chances that

01:26we had, always they had, because they are really good in set-pieces, in long balls,

01:31and the pace they have, they are so quick, but in general the team play a really good

01:38composer, and incredible effort from many players, and playing in different positions,

01:43so they are really good.

01:45Pep, you were talking to Josco at full-time, what did you make of the sort of...

01:49How good he played, he played an incredible game, I was satisfied, we talked in one action,

01:55but it's the same with Ortega, how good he played in the actions with the ball, how good

02:01pass to the early, how happy and satisfied I am, especially with these two players, what

02:08they have done.

02:09What did you make of the defending for the last goal?

02:14They put a lot of players there, and we were not close, because of course it's a tie, we

02:23could not close the cross, because it's there, and after they arrived, Nogger, they are strikers,

02:28Nogger arrived, our whole midfielders, they are not the quality, the skills to defend

02:35this type of balls, because of course we have another type of players right now, and at

02:40the end we could not defend that situation.

02:44Pep, two goals conceded in quite quick succession tonight, and obviously that's happened quite

02:50a lot in this run, two goals late against United, Spurs, and other games too, is there

02:58a particular reason for that, even tonight in isolation, was there anything?

03:04No, I had to think about it, I had to think about it, maybe I had to go control, but

03:10now we have the situation that we have, but also I give credit to the opponents, I think

03:14it's a little bit different this game, like a United game, but yeah, it's true, I had

03:20to think about it.

03:23Phil said you looked laggy in the last 20 to 30 minutes as a team, is it?

03:28Sorry?

03:29Phil Bowden said the team looked laggy in the last 20 to 30 minutes.

03:32Laggy style?

03:33Yeah, that's why I replaced him.

03:40Is that kind of contributing to...

03:42I said it was so demanding, you know, we have a lot of absences that give us that composure

03:48and physicality, you know, Kovacic for Minja, Roddy is not there, and Bernardo Mkhitaryan

03:54Kravalev for Gundo attacking midfielder, so sometimes, yeah, we know that, but with 0-2

04:02we could manage it a little bit better, not better, but I think that's the one too, we

04:08didn't accelerate the game, because Brentford is a team that is so aggressive there, but

04:11when you drop them, they give you a lot of passes and that's what we have done, and we

04:16have the chance from Erling to walk through the post, we have the shoot from Maka, you

04:22know, in the edge, his quality is there, we have those situations, and after that they

04:27put six, seven players in the box, crosses, and sometimes, you know, sometimes they are

04:34better, so they are more players, they are taller, they are stronger in the head, so

04:38you have to understand it.

04:39Just aside from the game, Tony Books, Jesse was announced today, what did he mean?

04:45Well, we wanted to dedicate for him, the club belongs to this type of players, the legends,

04:51it was an honour for me to meet him, on behalf of course all the team, his family, I think

05:00we are going to do the real, you know, thoughts on him, on behalf of the club, and I think

05:08he had an incredible life, his smile, you know, I met him, the way he talks, always

05:16with the biggest smile on his face, so it will be missed a lot, I'm pretty sure Mike

05:21Summers especially, because he was a close friend, and yeah, for his family, the best,

05:27the best for all of us.

05:28Two more guys, Scott and Jack, please, Scott.

05:30Pep has had two games in a row now, where Kal Walker hasn't been involved, do you think

05:35it's likely he's played his last game for the club?

05:37I said what I said, I don't have anything more to say.

05:40And in terms of the three potential champions, Kusunoki?

05:44Nothing, nothing to say.

05:47Jack.

05:49Just going back to the late goals, do you think there might be an element of mental

05:57fatigue with the players, because these sort of things have happened a few times, that

06:02could weigh on the mind a little bit?

06:04Yeah, of course, when we had more margin, but the last minute I think we didn't manage

06:07well the 2-0 to 1, but after 1 we managed well, but sometimes that happens, so imagine

06:13them shooting this action, imagine they shoot and make an extra pass, an extra pass, an

06:20extra pass, maybe they finish the game there, right?

06:23But they have to shoot, and the game will be well managed, but they have to shoot to

06:26score the third, you know?

06:28And Savio having an action to pass to Erling is one against one, so what I miss today,

06:32especially was that we didn't take the right decision in the final third, when the actions

06:38were we could run, because long balls we win, we could run.

06:42And in that moment we didn't take the right decisions, and you know, Mateu is in the first

06:47half, and Erling in 1-0-2, and Savinho 1-0-2-3, that is a situation that will be filled again,

06:54will be more composed, attack more the opponent, attack more the keeper, and in the last moment

06:58make more, so maybe it would have been different.

07:00But in the same time, always they had chances in the first 10 minutes, I would say, but

07:04the strikers are really good, Visa and Bebmo, they are really, really dangerous, and also

07:10I give credit to them, so always Bremford has been a really, really tough opponent here

07:15especially, but at home as well, so because they are an honest team, they are so generous

07:20team, I like the way they play, but today we create a lot, it's the first year, I said

07:27before, so we already come here many, many times, it's the day we create more, more,

07:32more chances that we had, but yeah, of course with 0-2 we had to close it, but to close

07:36it, we have specific players to defend a result in the box, so you have to do it with the

07:44ball and have the ball and create and control there in the final third, and when they arrive

07:50in the fatigue, that of course is normal, if you don't have fatigue against Bremford

07:54in the last 10 minutes or 15 minutes of the game, that is normal, but I don't have anything

07:59to regret, so the players were really, really good and continue, recover and go to the next team.

08:08You were saying about the decision making and when to run when you're in the final third,

08:14is that confidence thing or a technical thing?

08:17No, it's happened, it's happened, you know one day we take a decision and we take it,

08:24and today no, I'm not complaining at all to the players, it's just to make it here,

08:28you make an analysis, I said we have the actions, like normally I happen to run to

08:32action 3 against 3 or 2 against 2 or 4 against 3 in our side and we didn't do it, but it's happened.

08:38So it's really talking and how we can do better, a little bit better and that's all,

08:42so it's not about, tell me this is the reason why we lost, we didn't win, no, no, but like today

08:50the game produced a lot of actions, the final third running with the players, the Savino,

08:56Erling, Kevin, Phil, Mateus, they are incredible pace to do this, we didn't finish the shoot from

09:03the post from Savio and from many actions, other posts from Erling and actions that we had there

09:11to you know, to an extra pass or shoot and maybe you pass his goal, that sometimes happens,

09:16so it's not easy for the players to take decisions all the time properly and in the right moment with

09:21the tempo that they go, the speed that they go and will improve, so the game was well played

09:27and crowd satisfied for the performance, of course we are sad, you know, because we were

09:32close to win, we could not win, but you know that sometimes happens, okay, good night.

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