Guardiola on City taking control of league cup semi final after 2-0 Newcastle win

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Guardiola on City taking control of league cup semi final after 2-0 Newcastle win  13/01/2026  St James' Park, Newcastle, UK

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00:00It seems like it's been a while since a winner has scored the type of goal like Semenyo has scored.

00:05Is that like Raheem Sterling, probably the last player who has got goals like that?

00:10Yeah, we know, I think, and Bournemouth have done with Aula, I think improved a lot.

00:14These kind of scrappy goals are on the opposite side, right to the box.

00:18Leroy, especially Raheem, he was extraordinary with that.

00:21And yeah, Semenyo, Jeremy, always be pushed, you have to ride to the box.

00:25Of course, when Phil or Bernardo are playing in that position, it's another situation.

00:31Savvy always, we encourage them to the wingers to ride there.

00:34And yeah, it's really, really important to score a goal, there is no secret.

00:37You have to bring people in front of the goal, there is no secret of that.

00:41And yeah, we make one goal, another one was not conceded.

00:45And I know you talked about Max Alain a bit, how good was he, especially in the last ten years?

00:49Good test, yeah, good test.

00:51The Ibiza, almost all, you know, transition team after with Vultimate, with the ball,

00:58have been extraordinary defensively.

01:01I cannot be more thankful to Petzolano, Javi Garcia and Watford,

01:06because the fight that they took that minute yesterday in the press conference,

01:10he was playing the second team with the academy, with the ten people going to Watford

01:15in the championship, with the, you know, strikers, long balls, strikers, long balls.

01:20Wow, they make a step up as a football player defensively, always a little bit inconsistent.

01:27And today was an incredible good test.

01:28Of course, has Nathan and Kusanov alongside that they are proper, proper defenders.

01:34Held him a lot.

01:35But in terms of with the ball, with Nick O'Reilly playing in that position for maybe I remember

01:42since, well, two years ago, and yeah, they played really good.

01:47And in general, yeah, first half, people up front were not connected in our game.

01:52In second half, in second half, Erling and especially Antoine, they were much better.

01:59Why we signed him?

02:12No, no, any more explanation of why the goal was ruled out?

02:17It's a good question, it's a good question.

02:21I say now, so I would like to know why VAR in the 60 minutes in the Premier League game

02:26against Newcastle that we lost 2-1 with 0-0.

02:30It was an insane penalty for Sharp, for Phil Foden, not even, say, in consideration.

02:36And at 20 minutes, there is an unbelievable penalty for the shoot for Jeremy Doku,

02:41the T.O. from the hand, and not even VAR.

02:43Today, four people were not able to decide because the line was, I don't know,

02:48but the second goal, the Newcastle score, that was perfect, that was perfect, the line.

02:53So, I said, but I'm not suspicious of that in ten years.

02:58So, I didn't say anything when we lost 2-1 here?

03:00Uh-uh, no.

03:01I didn't say anything when the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace is red card

03:05after 43 or 40 minutes for Anderson, they played 56 minutes, it's a red card.

03:10Did I say anything?

03:11No.

03:12But, okay, it's fine.

03:14But, the fact that we don't say, I'm pretty sure Howard Rapid is going to call me tomorrow

03:24to take an explanation on that.

03:26Rob?

03:27I thought, yesterday, when we spoke to you, you talked about coming here and the group growing

03:31in place, a lot of this stadiums like this.

03:33Given the injuries that you've got in the back, particularly in defence, how big a performance

03:37was that?

03:38Yeah.

03:39But, I lied for the FA Cup because it was, listen, when you play semi-finals or finals,

03:42this kind of thing, that win 0-1 or 0-0, 0-2, 1-1, because after 0-1 with the five minutes,

03:48they couldn't equalise, and after that is more difficult.

03:50So, in these games, the little margin, the differences are so, so the other one.

03:55But, listen, I'm zero suspicious.

03:57In ten years when we lost semi-finals in the big competitions in the league here, I didn't

04:01say anything.

04:02In the touchline sometimes, but no, I think.

04:05But, come on.

04:06In the same stadium, what happened, we already intervened.

04:09Take a look, take a look.

04:10Take a look.

04:11In the 60 minutes, 20 minutes.

04:12Take a look at the two penalties.

04:14Come here in the Premier League, you win 0-1 or 0-2 in Pantaisi.

04:17It's a big difference for us.

04:19And I don't give any credit to Newcastle.

04:23I can say they won desertly the game in the Premier League.

04:27But why didn't they intervene in these two games?

04:30And today was more than six minutes and not even were able to discuss it with the referee

04:35to do it.

04:36But they will call me.

04:37At that time, they wanted to explain to me.

04:39On that, I was watching you while the decision was being made.

04:46It took five minutes, 30 seconds to be semi-an offside.

04:49You know where about football.

04:51If it takes that long, then it can't be.

04:54It should be the line for 1-0, no?

04:56Five minutes, how many seconds?

04:57Five minutes, 30.

04:5830 seconds.

04:5930 seconds.

05:00I thought 30 seconds.

05:02The margin was so small.

05:04I had the second goal in the moment.

05:07The frame touched the ball to score the second one.

05:10That was tight too.

05:12Take a look, take a look.

05:15Can I ask you as well about Antoine's performance as a whole?

05:20Second half was much, much better physicality and helped us defensively.

05:24Today, Bernardo was again...

05:26You cannot imagine how player is Bernardo Silva.

05:29This club will be missed in the moment.

05:31Hopefully, I don't know how many centuries, but they have a special.

05:36That guy, what does it mean to play football?

05:39Be a competitor.

05:40That guy knows all the rules.

05:42Absolutely everything.

05:44So, but everyone, everyone was excellent.

05:48Because I like, I like when that situation, always I said to the guys,

05:51guys, that will not be changed.

05:53What happened today is an example that never ever will be changed.

05:56You have to be better and be better and be better.

05:58It's the only thing.

05:59That's why we were champion a lot.

06:00We never complain internally today or day because, listen, I like it.

06:05But inside it's better.

06:07That has to count on it.

06:08It has to be better and be better in all aspects.

06:11And today with the difficulties, the injuries and many things,

06:14we make a step up.

06:16The players were understandably angry after that disallowed goal,

06:20but how impressed were you that they kept their heads on the pitch

06:23and then scored that second half?

06:25I think they were angry.

06:28Except the one action immediately, the momentum for Newcastle that is normal,

06:32that they were angry.

06:34And in football, in these competitions, in these semifinals,

06:37and any competition, you have to play in that way.

06:39Maybe help us, you know, to be more.

06:41But look, Rico, how he came up.

06:43Ryan Cherky, I came up.

06:44Ryan Nuri, come from yesterday from AFCON.

06:47The action that, and everyone make his absolute contribution,

06:50the same like Las Efe Cup game or the games against Wrighton.

06:55And I know it's a pity because the games we played against Sunderland,

06:58against Chelsea and against the other one was really, really, really, really good.

07:03And we didn't score.

07:04Yeah, it's fine.

07:05It's happened.

07:06But we were there.

07:07The spirit is there because I feel it.

07:09And I smell it in every training session and every game.

07:12And we had to continue.

07:13So, we know we are going to play and we are going to try.

07:16Can I just check if it's Dito Gonzalez ready for Saturday?

07:20I don't know yet.

07:21Last two, Mike and Martin.

07:23You've won a lot of semi-finals before, but today you seemed,

07:28it's the first leg as well, you seem extremely motivated and delighted about it.

07:34Also, their bench has a lot of strong characters as well.

07:39We saw the interaction.

07:40Is that a motivating factor sometimes for a coach?

07:43Listen, it's not going to change the fact the club and, to be honest,

07:47you win the Carabao Cup or reach the final Carabao Cup, you win it.

07:51It's how you prove in these stages how we behave, how we play for the future,

07:55for this club, for the future in this month, how we have to behave.

07:58To be aware that we can do it, that we can compete in our way

08:02against an incredible team in this stadium and how we have to behave.

08:09That is the point.

08:10At the end, of course, we want to win.

08:12In the semi-finals, we want to win it.

08:14But there's something important, much important in that.

08:17It's to be aware that the way we have to play, we have to do it,

08:19and maybe, hopefully, in the later stages in the Champions League

08:24and, of course, in the incredible, tough run of games we have in the Premier League.

08:29And this is what you have to try to do.

08:32You said you had a couple of disappointing results in your performance

08:37before the last couple of games.

08:39With your experience, do you sometimes sniff the air and feel that things are coming right?

08:48Not for today.

08:49They asked me against Sunderland and New Year's Eve,

08:52they asked me against Chelsea and Brighton, the team,

08:54and I said, no, the team is there, the spirit is there.

08:58They always have been there except last season.

09:00So it's peace there.

09:01But we play in the Premier League, an extraordinary team,

09:04and I know that it's not easy.

09:07We're not a reality.

09:08You have to make a second incredible leg in the Premier League to be there until the end.

09:13Extraordinary means extraordinary.

09:15Then it's win and win and win and win and win.

09:19And I know it's in the situation they have defenders and everything.

09:22It will not be easy.

09:23Hopefully Omar comes back soon to give rest to Erling because Erling is exhausted

09:28and we need this kind of stuff.

09:30So I don't know.

09:31But at the end, when you have a problem,

09:32how you become as a team, as everyone, that is the point.

09:37But I was in Sunderland.

09:41It was before when the people say, no, it's over.

09:44No, it was there.

09:46It was there.

09:47We missed chances in a six-yard box alone.

09:49So today, Cherki scored a goal, we had the chances there and we missed it.

09:53So how many?

09:55The ball is tricky.

09:57The ball sometimes is, oh my God, I want to kick the ball.

10:01You know that?

10:02And it's happened, it's football,

10:04but the importance is the vibe and the team have been from the beginning.

10:09From the beginning have been there.

10:10Thank you very much.

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