Guardiola on City's 3-2 win against a battling Leeds

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Guardiola on City's 3-2 win against a battling Leeds  29/11/2025  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Your emotions when that goal goes in, there must have been relief.

00:11Phil looked almost angry when he scored. What was your emotion?

00:16I wish it was relief when he scored in the last minutes and the other one is a big character, right?

00:20It was a relief, yeah. It was a relief.

00:25The game was not the perfect place in the first half but it was comfort or should be over for the chances that we had.

00:32We then conceded and after that brilliantly Daniel changed the system like Leverkusen has done, 5-3-2.

00:39And after that we conceded the goal, we give away in the first minute and after the way we have to move

00:44and the build up is completely different with the shape, take influence in the way you played.

00:49And football is emotions and that moment is emotion, concede the second but after we make a step up

00:54and we react really, really well and after when Omar came in and Cherky came in and put more players in the box

01:01that had to be in the last minute had to play in here, put the ball quick to the box and more players in the box.

01:05But in that position the process doesn't exist. Being with full-backs or wingers, it doesn't matter.

01:11And at the end the quality of field again, you know, but there's a player that's special, there's a player like out of the ATR box,

01:20and pass the ball outside, make a runner to arrive to the penalty spot and when they arrive in his position

01:26sometimes shoot a strong, sometimes just pass to the net and he helped us to win the game.

01:32Thank you. Ty?

01:34Hi Pep, you mentioned some of the changes you made there and you did a team talk with the players

01:39when Gianluigi Donnarumma went down. Daniel Park has just been in and kind of said that

01:44Gianluigi obviously wasn't injured and he only went down for you to do a team at all.

01:48To be honest, I didn't speak with Juju. I know what happened and when this happened I look back to the dugout

01:55I said, James, warm-up, James Trafford when to move. So, honestly, I don't know.

02:00Next press conference you can ask me, I will ask Juju.

02:03Is it beneficial for you to kind of have a team talk at that?

02:06Because you obviously needed to bring the players in and, you know, it's handy to get a message across at that moment.

02:11I think that's what happens.

02:12Well, of course, every time I would love to have a timeout, but yeah, I'm pretty sure if we do it again,

02:17the Premier League will be fine with us again, so better that we don't do it.

02:21Richard?

02:22You like James, huh?

02:24Yeah, because, you know, when we were five seconds late in the halftime,

02:32I always had to pay a lot, a lot of money, but now I have to wait 30 minutes to come here

02:36because Daniel, of course, had to speak, and after that is not a problem.

02:39I will not, hopefully they don't find me because I am 30 minutes late.

02:42It's because just Daniel Farkler was here.

02:44Premier League, you know it now.

02:47You talked about the Leeds tactical changes as a reason for it being different in the second half,

02:53but from your perspective with your team, why do you feel you sort of lost that control?

02:59Because we will concede a goal in one minute.

03:02And when that happens, you are, oh, uh.

03:05You know, we talk about we need the third goal, we need to continue,

03:07but the first half should be over.

03:08Football is in motion.

03:09When you play with one striker, you have Ruben and Josko against Nemecca,

03:14but when Calvert-Leo will go with Nemecca.

03:17In that moment, we have two and two.

03:19So the space to make a build-up is completely different,

03:21and they push, and they consider goals, and you have, oh, what do you have to do?

03:24And it's happened.

03:25We don't have basketball timeout, and you can adjust a little bit and phone.

03:30Phone.

03:31And it's happened.

03:33Hi, Pep.

03:36After a game like this in which you control first half,

03:39you were up to nil, then you considered to go,

03:42and then you won the game at the last minute.

03:44Are you more happy for the win?

03:45Yeah.

03:46Or more...

03:47We have to learn in different ways the football games in the Premier League,

03:49even in modern football.

03:51Always the game plan for Daniel, the game plan for me is exceptional.

03:55So game plan always is 10 to 10, Daniel as well.

03:58But after that, many things, you know, that you cannot control.

04:02And we are not, I would say, a team to win this type of games a lot,

04:07but you need it.

04:09You know, when I have 89 minutes, and we knew it's 10 minutes extra time,

04:13and that moment I said, okay, let's go.

04:15See, we have time, but before the goal, we have a chance,

04:18two or three chances, you know, to score.

04:20That was a good save for the keeper.

04:23And at the end, we were able to, yeah, to close and bring points.

04:27After two defeats, it was massively important for our mood,

04:29and now it can happen.

04:31One of the toughest away games is Fulham for our experiences,

04:34so Tuesday.

04:35But it's important today as Leap second, we'll see tomorrow.

04:38Ask Manchester what's going on, what's happened,

04:40but it's important to be as close as possible for top of the league.

04:44It is possible, you know, to try it until the end.

04:48Last one for the embargo with Jamie.

04:50Pep, you said that a team grows through the season, yes?

04:53And so the way in which you've won today,

04:56is that another part of the team's growth, evolution,

05:00sort of showing to themselves that they can win it, maybe?

05:03No, we were better in the past.

05:04Liverpool game, Newcastle game, we were better than today, I think.

05:07Our game was not...

05:09We didn't find Jeremy in the position,

05:11the defence six in the back, it was not easy.

05:13But we didn't suffer, it was controlled.

05:16To be honest, if you see a review, I didn't review,

05:19but mentally the chances we had,

05:20the part of the two goals in the first half was a lot.

05:22And you can see the third and the fourth,

05:24the game is completely different, you know?

05:26It's like to try to second half past the 10-15 minutes.

05:29At the end, you make a two substitution quick,

05:31long balls cover level, it's unstoppable.

05:33And they scored immediately, and after that,

05:36it's not tactics, it's emotions, how you control it.

05:38We try to adjust something, and the game at the end,

05:42we found it, because there are a lot of teams,

05:44a lot of teams that win in the last minutes,

05:46a lot of teams.

05:47I've been in Champions League many, many years,

05:49for in the last minutes, we can see the goals.

05:51And I'm happy that maybe we can learn as well,

05:55to win this type of games,

05:56to bring the ball quicker to the box,

05:58put more players, Omar close to the...

06:00I'm so happy for Omar, because after one minute,

06:03he had the chance to score,

06:04and Phil and Cherki and the other ones,

06:06and we need this type of games,

06:07and there in that moment, there are no tactics,

06:09there are moments, there are no strategies,

06:10there are moments in that moment,

06:12there are not, you have to do this or that,

06:14move in that way.

06:15It's just put the ball there,

06:16avoid the transitions,

06:17and bring the ball in the box,

06:19and the chaos, and you score.

06:21Pep Lindas is now with me,

06:23I have been in Liverpool for many years,

06:24and how many times they were able to win

06:26this type of games, you know?

06:28And the only chance is to put the ball there,

06:30and we did it good.

06:31Certainly, Morgan,

06:32they have 10.30 this evening.

06:33Someone to start, please.

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