24-25 Premier League Preview - Matchday 23 - video Dailymotion

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Hear from the managers ahead of week 23 of the 24-25 Premier League season including Enzo Maresca and Pep Guardiola ahead of Chelsea's clash with Manchester City Various Locations, UK

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00:00They are really important for the quality of the side, how Chelsea have been.

00:13We are, they're closing the table, given the big, big problems that we had in the past,

00:18and recent past, and yeah, goal this week is really, really important.

00:24The next two games, they are really good.

00:26So I'm very pleased.

00:28It was a lucky man to work with him in the last years, and everything happened with him,

00:34and his family is fine, I'm fine.

00:36I'm happy for him.

00:36I think this kind of club, with these kind of players, when they are probably in a difficult

00:44moment, is when they want to show how good they are.

00:49They want to go against everyone, saying, OK, if you think that we are not good enough,

00:53we're going to show you how good we are.

00:55So I don't think it's a good moment to play against City.

00:58I've said this a few times recently, that the second half of the season is always more

01:01difficult than the first half, because some teams strengthen themselves during the winter

01:06break, some teams, of all the teams, not all of them, but many teams work with their manager

01:11for half a season, and that normally leads to a team becoming better.

01:17And that's definitely the situation also for Ipswich, although they've made it really difficult

01:21for us already in the first game.

01:23At a certain point they've become a very good team that makes it difficult for every team

01:28except maybe their last game, which was an exception to the rule, and maybe that was

01:34because City was City again.

01:36I know Vito very well from previous clubs as well, and what his ideas are, and it's

01:40very clear how he sets the team.

01:42I think he had a really good impact on the team, and it will be a really tough match

01:47tomorrow because they are a really well-coached team, and especially there, they are a difficult

01:52side to beat.

01:53They've done it differently, they've done it differently throughout matches, regardless

01:57of the opposition and regardless of the results, so it tells a lot about their intentions as

02:02well.

02:03So we'll have to understand very quickly what kind of game they want to propose and what

02:07is good for us.

02:08You want to create something new for the players, I want them to know me in a different way,

02:15not always preparing the matches with stress, we don't have the time to do that.

02:21So I think it's really important, I think it's the secret of teams, even when you have

02:27the best players, if you don't have that feeling, it's really hard to win.

02:31So I want to build something like that here, but we need time for that.

02:37I think if you look at Brighton nowadays, I think Brighton have been a big test for

02:40every club every time they go.

02:42I think their performances, the new managers settled in incredibly well.

02:47I think he was left a really good group of players and a group of players who play in

02:52a certain way which has worked very well.

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