Pep Guardiola react to Manchester City 1-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola react to Manchester City 1-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest  08/03/2025  City Ground, Nottingham, UK

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00:00Tight game. At the end, one action, the transition, we could do it and we missed the pass in the

00:10transition. The score goal was a little bit slow in our process. We struggled to get chances

00:17but always I give credit to the opponent because they defend really well. But we controlled

00:22the main threats at the long balls with Woods. The second balls we were really good and after

00:27that the transitions were always really good, especially in the first half. Everyone was

00:31so connected. But our game was a little bit slow. We could not contact with the final

00:3630. When we arrived in the final 30 we were not enough brilliant to finish the actions.

00:40I could see sometimes Arsenal move the ball quicker to the right. Was that a factor?

00:50Yeah it was a little bit slower. To break the lines you had to bring the ball a little

00:54bit to the left and bring it quick to the right and everything was not as quick as we

01:00should do.

01:01Were you unhappy with the goal? Do you think the shots should have been cut out? The keeper

01:06who has made a brilliant save earlier maybe could have...

01:10It is what it is. I never blame a player. I prefer to praise than blame because I did

01:16not see the action. It happened. It is football. Good action from Hudson-Odoi so nothing to

01:20say.

01:22Do you think you would play the team that could finish in the Champions League now?

01:25We have to win games. We do not win enough games in a row to be secure. We will be in

01:31the final until the last corner. We have 10 games left. We have to win a lot of games

01:34to qualify. It is as simple as that.

01:37Do you expect Nottingham Forest to maybe finish in what you have seen now?

01:43When 10 games are left and they are in the position that they are it is because they

01:47are good.

01:48When you look at your team, you have spent money on a lot of attacking players but they

01:53have not really given you the goals that you might have expected.

01:57We have hired just one.

02:00Let's say the players out of Nottingham that are not...

02:05It is the same as we have done last season except Omar and Savio who have been outstanding

02:13this season. The rest of the players are that. It is the way we played and something that

02:19we have to come back to recover, to know the importance of winning games. It is what we

02:25have to do.

02:26But it is not just for one player. To create actions you have to do the process a little

02:31bit quicker and better and we did not do that.

02:33Do you have a feeling that the rest of the season is going to be a little bit like this

02:37and you will have to find a way to win these very tight games and get over the line?

02:43Yes, to find a way you have to play better. We have to do something. We have not come

02:49from the sky. You have to do it.

02:54Of course the situation is what it is and we have 10 games left.

03:03Next Saturday we get right to an international break afterwards and then we will see what happens.