Guardiola on City injury latest ahead of Carabao Cup trip to Huddersfield

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Guardiola on City injury latest ahead of Carabao Cup trip to Huddersfield  23/09/2025  CFGA, Manchester, UK

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00:00Hi Pep, nice to see you.

00:09I'm just wondering, Erling Haaland obviously came off against Arsenal at the weekend.

00:14He said he's got a lot of pain in his back.

00:16I'm just wondering how he is and whether it's a concern going forward.

00:22Recovery yesterday, I didn't train, make recovery.

00:25Today I didn't see him and the rest of the players yet,

00:30but hopefully it can be for the next weekend.

00:34Is it something he's managing or is it just something that players deal with?

00:39I've been so demanding week,

00:44in the last game especially,

00:48and sometimes the players have problems.

00:51But I think we'll be fine next weekend.

00:55I hope so.

00:56It was a big night for Gianluigi Donnarumma last night,

00:59winning the Leviathan Awards.

01:01I want to know your reaction,

01:02and he finished ninth overall.

01:05Do you think that was a little low,

01:07considering how important he was for Paris Saint-Germain?

01:10Well, I congratulate him.

01:12Of course, PSG as well.

01:15So it's what he has done in Paris.

01:18But yeah, the impact has been really great.

01:23Always we have him and happy that he can be, you know,

01:26satisfied for the incredible.

01:28Always I said the same.

01:29So finish nine or six or 12, as much as you are there, close, no?

01:34It means that you have been a really, really good season.

01:37And I have the feeling that Gigi every season is there.

01:41He's close as a good keeper that he is.

01:45And yeah, today looks like so important,

01:50the individual awards, you know, in a game like his.

01:53But all the nominated and all the winners.

01:56So just well done, well played, and congratulations.

02:03Hi, Pep.

02:08Following Sunday's game,

02:10lots of talks about the tactics he deployed then.

02:13Were you surprised at how much has been made of it?

02:16How much has talk there's been about it?

02:18About the tactics?

02:20About that game?

02:21From Sunday's game, yeah.

02:23What can I say?

02:25So I'm really proud, satisfied.

02:29I don't know the right word.

02:31So we recovered many, many things.

02:34The last season we missed it.

02:36We have an incredible spirit that, of course,

02:40we cannot sustain for all the season to play in the way we played.

02:44And we don't want it.

02:45But I give an incredible, powerful, and credit to the opponents.

02:49So Arsenal, most of the games, is able to do that to the other opponents.

02:54So, and always I want to learn to celebrate when we draw,

02:59in the way we draw a game away against Arsenal,

03:02like at the semifinal Champions League,

03:04be contender in the last seasons.

03:06And I want to celebrate that point, and the players have done.

03:11Always I ask one thing since I started my manager career for my team,

03:16the second team Barcelona until now,

03:18is give everything to the pitch.

03:22And last season we didn't do it in some moments of the season.

03:26And this season, especially since I would say USA,

03:31but especially from United, since United,

03:34we start to recover many things that define our teams for many, many years.

03:40And when that's happened, I would say I don't care.

03:45It's not the right word.

03:47But I could not care less the fact that we can do better.

03:52Yeah, we'll do it.

03:53We could do a few things, better decisions.

03:56Yeah, we'll do it.

03:57And we have to play a little bit more with the ball.

03:59Yes, we will do it.

04:00But first comes the spirit that we have shown this week.

04:05And we have to take care of this kind of thing,

04:08like a father, a mother take care of his sons.

04:11So it's the only thing we can be a stable team.

04:17And step-by-step when the important ninjas come back,

04:20when we learn how we can do better, and Gigi will set better,

04:26and James will set better, and many things,

04:29the team will grow up.

04:31So despite the disappointment of the draw,

04:33you are seeing improvement from last season?

04:36Absolutely.

04:38Absolutely.

04:41And finally, it's been a packed schedule this month,

04:45lots of games.

04:46But is tomorrow a good chance to give an opportunity to others

04:49who haven't been playing in recent games?

04:52Yeah, absolutely.

04:54Tomorrow I'm going to give you news,

04:56he's not going to play the same start eleven

04:58in the last three games.

05:00That's for sure.

05:01Listen, the Carabao Cup,

05:02the only problem we have in the Carabao Cup right now,

05:04that is, as I said many times,

05:07we respect this competition,

05:08otherwise we will win four times in a row a few years ago,

05:12is arriving in that competition with no injuries.

05:14Unfortunately, we have injuries.

05:16So it will be a mix mix for the first team,

05:19for the academy players to play tomorrow,

05:21because the priority is Barley, Monaco and Brentford.

05:26But it will not be perfect, you know,

05:29the players like Ryan Cherky, Ryan Nouri, Omar,

05:32many, many players like they are not able to play,

05:37because they are injured, so could play.

05:40But it's what it is, and we will try to compete and go through.

05:47Hi Pep.

05:48You've been using Kusinov at right back in the last couple of games.

05:52Do you see that as his potential position for him long term?

05:55And also, how impressed have you been by his development

05:58since he came to the club?

06:00Yeah, it's a lot.

06:01So, can play as a central defender,

06:03can play in all positions in back, except left back, I would say.

06:07Of course, he's not a player who can create a lot up front,

06:11but his sight is unbelievable, solid and stable.

06:17His physicality, remember, he's backward like Kyle in his prime.

06:20His incredible focus is so young.

06:23Winner-learn.

06:24I've been really, really good in the tough, tough opponents like we face.

06:30He's so young.

06:31His first experience was coming from Uzbekistan to France for, yeah,

06:37ten games, eight games in the League One in France,

06:39and after he merely came here.

06:41And it came in a season that was difficult for us,

06:48in the moment that was difficult.

06:50So that's why when you come and everything is set and click,

06:53everything is easier, you know, to settle.

06:56And all the movements, I always say, the patterns that we have.

07:01But he is incredible, open, learn quick.

07:04And, yeah, I think you smell that he's an incredible top sign

07:09for the next many, many years in this club.

07:12This guy will make a career in this club for many years.

07:15Can I also ask you about Calvin Phillips as well?

07:18Because I know he had an operation over the summer.

07:20What does the future hold for Calvin Pett?

07:23Well, today is in London because we will be father for the second time.

07:26So this is the future for Kyle right now.

07:29He's coming back, training with us.

07:32So, and we'll see what happens.

07:37Of course, he's coming from injury, from surgery,

07:41and now I have to make training sessions, training sessions,

07:45and maybe some minutes in some games.

07:48So we'll be there for 10.30 p.m. this evening.

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