Guardiola on impressive Bournemouth and traditional top 6

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on whether the traditional top 6 still exists in the Premier League as they prepare to face Bournemouth Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00Bournemouth have sold some of their best players during this summer.

00:02Are you surprised at how well they've adapted since?

00:05Yeah, top. That means how coordinated they are, the hierarchies,

00:10the support directors with the manager, with the players,

00:12the clear philosophy, don't change, of course, the players, you know, change a lot of things,

00:21but, you know, it's impressive.

00:23So, when you lose three or four players for the back four, you know,

00:31PSG, Madrid and Liverpool, and you, you know, reinvest the team with new players

00:38and do it in that way is because there are a lot of good work behind.

00:42We saw Nottingham Forest qualify for Europe last season,

00:46Bournemouth are second at the moment.

00:49How much has the league changed since you've been here

00:52and does that traditional top six still exist, do you think?

00:56Yeah, but I remember when I was in Munich or in Barcelona,

00:59always I have the rumour here in England that it's more difficult

01:02that everyone can beat everyone, you know?

01:05Always had that sense, you know, that it doesn't matter, you go away.

01:11Maybe Liverpool and ourselves in the past, you know, changed the dynamics,

01:16that we were so consistent in terms of points, arriving every season,

01:19more than 90, 90, 90, 90 points, close to 100 points.

01:23But I think Premier League maybe it's back to always have been, you know,

01:28and all the teams can beat it, and it's good.

01:31I think, you know, it's like at some point, like NBA,

01:37that there's not a dominant team, and every last four or five or six years

01:41always win one different team in the NBA, you know,

01:45and everyone can beat everyone.

01:47So I think for the spectator, for the show, for the Premier League,

01:51I think it's really, really good.

01:52Alright,

02:02here we go.

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