Guardiola on Foden's return to form

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Guardiola on Foden's return to form   29/11/2025 embargoed until 30/11/2025  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Hi Pep, I saw you having a big chat with Erling at the end of the game there.

00:07I was just wondering what you were saying and was it anything to do with a couple of minutes before the game?

00:11I miss Bruno Guimaraes today and the camera and that's why I went with Erling.

00:17I don't know what they have to do.

00:20I love to talk with the players, opponents, referees and so on after the game. I love it.

00:26A couple of minutes before full time, I think I could see you and Erling having a couple of hours.

00:32In that moment I want everyone active. I want to shout them all the time.

00:35I shout Erling, I shout Turkey, I shout Omar Mahmoud, I shout Phil. Do you know why?

00:42I want to win the game. If they sleep I will be in trouble. That's why I shout them.

00:50Ten seasons here, they know me completely well.

00:55Just earlier you were talking about timeouts and how they use them in other sports.

00:59Would you like to see something like that potentially come in as an official timeout

01:04that maybe a manager can use once in a game?

01:06Sorry?

01:07A timeout during a game? Would you like...?

01:10No, no, no, no. Because we'll be slow, the game is slow.

01:13And I hear that Colina and all the big, big brains are storming in FIFA UEFA when the game was almost over.

01:20And St2 played 90 minutes, played 150 minutes.

01:23And, you know, so no, no, no. It's not basketball that. I'm pretty sure of that.

01:29Martin?

01:30Hi Pep. During the international break, Thomas Tuchel said he only sees Phil as a central player, not out on the wings.

01:38You've obviously used him in various different positions. Do you think he's got to play for England?

01:43No, I love, I agree with Thomas. I like to play Phil behind the striker, close to the ball.

01:48The guys who have this sense of goal have to be close to the ball.

01:52But sometimes, you know, can be white and be another player more inside, but I like Phil in central positions.

01:59I like, but he can play as a winger.

02:01But for me, as a winger, Savio and Jeremy and even Oskars, they have attributes, you know?

02:09Because the other three don't have the sense of goal.

02:13And if we lack a little bit the sense of goal, I had to bring people close early.

02:19Like Omar is the case or in that position.

02:22I like the players, like, arrive and have the feeling that they can score.

02:26The big teams score many, many players.

02:30If Chas Erling is the guy who scored goals, we will struggle.

02:34That's one with Jeremy.

02:35Hi Pep.

02:36How would you assess Phil's game at the moment?

02:38How close do you think he is to being at his best?

02:41This season has been the field we met for a long, long time ago.

02:44The impact of that guy arrived with 60, 70 years on, the training session,

02:48and started to play was, oh my God, what a player, you know?

02:52And every year was better and better and better.

02:54Two years ago, when we won the Premier League here with West Ham last game,

02:58he was the man of the best player of the league.

03:01So that season was the same as the team.

03:03But you have a same season.

03:06But the growth of Phil every season is top, you know, for many, many, many reasons.

03:14So it's a joy, it's a pleasure, it's a gift to have him.

03:18And as much he's happy, he's alive and he's, you know, and they have an incredible thing.

03:24You say, Phil, you have to play there in a position like maybe it's against his, you know, potential,

03:30like we say, playing the right or playing the left more wider.

03:33I want to play right or left.

03:35I want to help the team.

03:36I want to run.

03:37It's an incredible pleasure to be his manager because it's open, always is open to improve.

03:44And after, I have the mentality, the composer to say, I'm going to win the game.

03:47I want to, you know, he's never, never play behind the situation.

03:52And players, when everything is smooth and good, they play the best.

03:56But there are some players when the situation is uncomfortable, make a step back.

04:00Phil is completely the opposite.

04:01He said, give me and do it.

04:03And how many reactions I see Phil when arriving in the final third.

04:07He's alone in the box.

04:08Don't get that ball.

04:09He's frustrated.

04:10Give me the ball because I want to get the ball.

04:12I want to score the ball.

04:13That is the difference between the players here and another step.

04:17And Phil has that, you know, because I feel, give me the ball because I want to dribble.

04:21I want to score.

04:22I want to win the game.

04:23And this ambition and mentality arrived since he was, yeah, a little boy.

04:29So, happy to, of course, to what we are today.

04:32Phil helped us.

04:33It was the man, you know, to win the game.

04:36Thanks, everyone.

04:37Thank you, guys.

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