Pep Guardiola focussed on Man City lifting FA Cup with win against Crystal Palace
16/05/2025
CGA, Manchester, UK
16/05/2025
CGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00Which man, please?
00:03Hi, Pep.
00:05Firstly, anything on injuries?
00:08Anyone coming back or any
00:09concerns?
00:11It's the same like last week.
00:15What sort of game
00:16are you expecting against Palace?
00:19Last week
00:20you said Southampton defended and defended.
00:22It worked for them.
00:23Are you expecting the same approach?
00:27It's a fantastic
00:28team. They made a
00:29good season. Already the second part of the
00:31season. So a long time
00:34already. More than a month
00:35and a year with Oliver.
00:38Working with the same
00:39players. So it's a final, a fair
00:41cup. It's an honour, a privilege.
00:43Three times in a row.
00:45Being there and of course we had to perform
00:47well and we travelled
00:49to London
00:50to win the title.
00:53What sort of threat with their
00:55attacking line-up such
00:57as Eze and Saar and Mateta
00:59pose for you?
01:00The pace, the quality.
01:02When it's threat, because they have quality.
01:04The Lombos-Mateta is strong
01:05and after
01:06I would say
01:08the
01:08quality
01:12in Eze is
01:13obvious.
01:16And of course the pace from Saar, Saar against Aston Villa in the semifinals.
01:20They punish them a lot.
01:22Have an incredible pace, but not just him.
01:24Munoz,
01:25Wharton is a really good
01:27holding midfielder.
01:27I link really well inside and
01:29well-structured defensive.
01:31Difficult to tap.
01:32Set pieces may be one of the best in the Premier League.
01:34But it's a final
01:36too.
01:37If we play against
01:38Christophe Pala,
01:39who should have played against Aston Villa,
01:41it should be the same.
01:42So
01:42it's a final.
01:43We cannot respect differently.
01:45And have you relayed the message
01:46to the squad
01:47that a slow start
01:48against them this time
01:50you might not recover from?
01:52A slower start?
01:53Yeah, you went
01:542-0 down against them
01:55last time.
01:56Oh yeah, definitely.
01:58But we didn't start slow.
02:00We played good
02:01even in the beginning,
02:01but of course
02:02in one set piece
02:04and especially
02:04one other inaction.
02:06But we defend
02:07not much, much well.
02:10But before that,
02:12we considered the first and second,
02:13we were good.
02:14So in all the games
02:14we were stable.
02:15So it was a good performance
02:17when we played against them.
02:18Apart of the 0-2
02:19in the beginning
02:19and winning in the end.
02:23Hi, Pep.
02:26As the club continues
02:27to grow in stature,
02:29how important is it
02:30to keep adding
02:31trophies to that
02:33honours board
02:33even though
02:34it may not be
02:35the first choice
02:36of trophy
02:36you want to win
02:37this season?
02:37How important is it
02:38for the reputation
02:39of the club
02:39to keep adding to the ball?
02:41That is a problem, right?
02:42A fair cup now
02:43is not the first choice.
02:45So anything is enough.
02:49Of course we want it.
02:50Once we are here
02:51we want to leave the trophy.
02:52Of course it's really
02:53massively important.
02:54It was a disappointment
02:55last season
02:56for our performance.
02:57But I'm pretty sure
02:58we would perform well
03:00and we are going to
03:01compete against them.
03:03Of course it's important.
03:04Definitely it is.
03:05But to win the trophy
03:06you have to be there.
03:07And you have to be there.
03:08You have to win
03:09previous games.
03:10And we have done it
03:11for many, many years
03:12in the last years.
03:13And just on the squad,
03:15how is Rodri progressing?
03:16And is there even
03:17an outside chance?
03:18He's much, much better.
03:19Is there even
03:19an outside chance
03:20he could be involved?
03:21I'm waiting for the doctors.
03:22We make a surgery
03:23when they tell me
03:24he's ready,
03:25he's going to start.
03:27We don't want to
03:28take a risk
03:31and make a setback
03:32now in that moment.
03:35Pep, obviously
03:36this will be
03:37potentially the last
03:38appearance from
03:39Kevin De Bruyne
03:40in a City shirt
03:41at Wembley.
03:42You've then got
03:43potentially his last game
03:44for City
03:45on Tuesday as well.
03:47Is there a thought
03:48process in your mind
03:49about how you
03:50manage his minutes
03:51across those games?
03:52Could he indeed
03:53start both those matches
03:54do you feel?
03:54I'm thinking
03:55just in tomorrow game.
03:58Winning will help us
03:59for the final
03:59we have on Tuesday
04:00against Bournemouth.
04:01I select the team
04:03for the way they play
04:04the best to beat them.
04:07Obviously attention
04:08has already started
04:08to turn to
04:09who might be brought
04:10in to replace him.
04:11I know the club
04:12spoke to Florian Vietz
04:13this week.
04:14Other clubs
04:15interested in him
04:16as well.
04:16But would the signing
04:17of someone like that
04:18be the perfect start
04:19to your recruitment
04:20this summer?
04:22There's not the time
04:23to talk about that.
04:25Before the final
04:26FA Cup
04:27I have 24
04:28exceptional players.
04:30I'm going to talk
04:31one second
04:31about the future.
04:33And on those players
04:34I mean
04:35they've obviously
04:35you've mentioned
04:36it's the third
04:37consecutive final
04:38which is an honour
04:39in itself
04:39and an achievement
04:40in itself.
04:41Obviously you've won one
04:42and lost one.
04:43What do you learn
04:44more from?
04:45What do the players
04:46learn more
04:46from that moment
04:47at Wembley
04:47of celebrating
04:48or the moment
04:48of watching
04:49the opponents
04:50lift the trophy?
04:50What can be more
04:51useful for you
04:52tomorrow?
04:55For winning
04:56for our fans
04:58that have to travel
04:59like I want to say
05:00thank you so much
05:01for the effort
05:01to come to support us
05:03and come to London.
05:06Definitely
05:06it's much better
05:07winning than losing
05:08but learn for the losing
05:09last season
05:10was a special
05:11because
05:11three or four days
05:13or five days
05:13before we won
05:14the Premier League
05:14the four in a row
05:15and maybe now
05:16our mindset
05:16was not
05:17incredibly perfect
05:18but the game
05:19was not
05:19we didn't create much
05:20but it was not
05:21bad play
05:23some decisions
05:23was against
05:24and we lost it
05:25it's finals
05:26happened
05:26important we were there
05:28and again
05:29one more year
05:30later
05:30we are there again.
05:31Okay?