Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on the difficulties of the Premier League and the need to be better as they prepare to face Leeds United Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK
00:00You said this time last week that the season starts now and obviously the two results since have been disappointing.
00:06Is that a reminder to the group of just how hard they have to fight in every game to be in a position to compete for trophies at the end of the season?
00:17We know the competition is tough. It's not about the disappointing results, but it's always in the performance.
00:24And of course the results helps to get better performance, but I'm not disappointed about Newcastle, but the last one, yeah, we made decisions and we didn't try.
00:39So simple as that.
00:41You were quite honest after the game midweek. You repeated it there again, suggesting taking responsibility for the selection.
00:48But also you said after the game that perhaps you were guilty of being too nice and giving the players too much.
00:54Maybe selecting players in that first team, giving them too much responsibility on that night.
00:58Can we expect Pep to be a little bit less nice between now and Christmas?
01:01No, no. Mom and Dad made me a beautiful person. I'm so nice. No, it's not about that.
01:11It just, we didn't try. In football when you play on the greens, you have to try things that we didn't try. That's all.
01:18Yeah, maybe I'll have a theory to rotate. You have to rotate because it's impossible to sustain, but I thought I have a lot of confidence in them.
01:27Still right now I have a lot. I have a huge value of what they are as a football player.
01:33And maybe it's higher than I think about them or them themselves.
01:37So, and yeah, it was a good lesson for me.
01:43So even with quite experienced as a manager, that's a good lesson for me for the future.
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