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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola previews their Premier League clash with Everton and gives his latest thoughts on the title race
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00:01Hi, Pep. He can't play on Mondays, he's out for the season, but Jack Grealish has had a good start
00:06at Everton.
00:07What do you make of his future, Pep?
00:11I don't know. I win the best from Jack. I know the impact was really good.
00:16Played the meanness that he had in the travel season.
00:20You know, the travel season was extraordinary, and after that maybe I didn't help him,
00:25or maybe we could not reach the level that he had.
00:28And he needs, you know, game, game, game.
00:32And Everton had, unfortunately, the injured, but hopefully he can recover, and the next season can continue to play.
00:38And, I mean, do you still think he can get back to his best?
00:41Is he still, you know?
00:42Depends on him.
00:45Depends absolutely on him. The quality is no doubt. Everything is there.
00:52Hi, Pep. You were talking about the players need to rest,
00:55and I think at Wembley you said that's something you've really realized over the last few years.
01:01Looking at your whole career, what are the things that has changed about you the most,
01:07going back to the start, to how you are now?
01:09Have you changed in a lot of different ways about how you approach certain things?
01:13In the end of the season?
01:14No, just going back to when you started at Barcelona.
01:17Yeah, of course.
01:18How much have you changed in certain areas, and with what specific things?
01:22No, I don't know. Many things. We are not the same.
01:24Any of us, we are the same from 10 years ago.
01:28So, that's why there are learnings.
01:30There are things that you make mistakes, good things.
01:33Okay, now it's the secret, and after one month you realize it's not the secret anymore.
01:37So, it's a constant change and evolution in terms of how you envision or deal with the team.
01:44Mainly we are the same, but of course in terms of approach things, we change.
01:49And a slightly different question, but in terms of your 10 years at City,
01:52at what point did you think this is home, like the club and the city?
01:57Because presumably when you came in 2016, you thought, oh, this is a good opportunity.
02:01But at some point, you've really come to love the club and enjoy living in the city, haven't you?
02:06Like, when did that happen?
02:08I will not have been 10 years since I don't have the environment.
02:11Today, I'm a regular approach that there was another player that helped us,
02:14helped us incredible a lot to understand what you have to do from behind,
02:18from build-ups, commits, and this kind of stuff.
02:21Today, in a newspaper in Spain said,
02:25Pff, City is the best club in the world.
02:27You never realize how good they are, how incredibly organized until you leave.
02:32And that is the biggest compliment we can get, the players that can leave
02:36and say, pff, that place was incredible.
02:39And I have the same feeling, so I wouldn't have been 10 years,
02:42even good titles or prices.
02:44I don't have incredible environment.
02:47Now I feel more, I don't know, happy.
02:50Not happy, but I don't know, still have incredible energy.
02:55Still am so good at being here, coming here to work today on my day off.
03:00And because I realize for many, many details,
03:03that I think I'm already explained perfectly,
03:06there are many details that make how the people take care of all of us,
03:09the organization, all of us, in all details, our families,
03:12our little details that make my job as a manager,
03:15the players, the football player, just think about what you have to do.
03:19And that's why.
03:20That's why, of course, we are here because we won a lot,
03:23and that's why they don't fire you because they continue to continue,
03:26trust you because you have success, but despite of that,
03:31part of that, the club is really, really extraordinary.
03:34Extraordinary.
03:35And I love when Gundo came back from Barcelona and said,
03:38Man City, stop, stop.
03:40You know, when that's happened, we are in a good way.
03:44That's why we are consistent here in the Champions League
03:47for the last 12, 13, 14 years.
03:50That's why I'm always fighting for the title,
03:52just because they are consistent around the tactics,
03:54the systems, the players, the managers.
03:57You know, it is like a bubble that the people feel good.
04:02Pep, you spoke about your trip to Stockport on Tuesday.
04:05You've spoken about in the past about going to lower league grounds
04:09with City and really enjoying it.
04:12What is it about that kind of, you know,
04:14that kind of level of football that you particularly enjoy yourself?
04:20Pese Shebaia was bad again.
04:25I love, I said, you know, Goodison Park,
04:27and I said many times, Fulham's or Selju's Park.
04:31So I know Wembley is so nice, you know.
04:34But there are stadiums that are special, and I like it.
04:37So I remember years ago when I went to see one game,
04:40the Neil Warnock with my son, Marius.
04:42We took a car, we took a car, we went one or two hours,
04:47and we saw the game there in wintertime and the people
04:50and how the people are so nice.
04:53Yeah, it was good, really good.
04:55Maybe I didn't show the right day to go, to be honest,
04:57but it was good.
04:59Which game was that with Neil Warnock?
05:03Listen, Neil Warnock had trained 20,000 million teams.
05:08So he managed, so I don't even remember the team he has managed.
05:14But I think from there, you know, now we text quite often with Neil,
05:18so it's really good.
05:20Whenever you do go, is that something you will miss about being here,
05:24seeing that kind of, the level of football kind of up and down?
05:27In November, December, no.
05:30But, yeah, some parts, yeah, of course.
05:33I miss Munich as well, many things.
05:35I miss my home, Barcelona, stadium, no camp, no.
05:37So, of course, it's part of that.
05:40But I'm not a terribly nostalgic man, so I like to be,
05:44what's next, what's next?
05:45I like to think, you know, they came in with some parts,
05:50I think with some parts are in against Everton and this kind of stuff.
05:54Hi, Pep.
05:55You've spoken of the pressure that you felt at the end of last season
05:59trying to qualify for the Champions League.
06:01How are you feeling now with three weeks to go,
06:04two trophies still up for grabs?
06:05No, the moment of the game or hours before, I feel,
06:10but the process between games and the other one
06:12and more come than a season.
06:13A season was 24 hours thinking, you know, what happened in the club?
06:15We wouldn't qualify for the Champions League, you know,
06:17and that I felt it a lot.
06:20I can imagine when a team, you know, to don't be relegated,
06:22this kind of stuff, because it changed the clubs.
06:25You know, it changed the players, it changed the...
06:27Financially, you cannot do an investment for a good players.
06:30At the end, it's the reason why the teams have success,
06:32have a good players.
06:33And, yeah, but this season is, you know,
06:37when the Carabao Cup final FA Cup again
06:39and still fighting against this Arsenal,
06:42so what can I say?
06:44It's really good.
06:44But I would love, you know,
06:49to go through in the Champions League,
06:51but the level is higher
06:52and it will be good learnings for me for the next season.
06:56It will be good for that competition
06:57that sometimes you have to approach.
07:00Just behind my door, please.
07:03Hi, Pep.
07:04Ryan Cherky's had a lot of coverage and attention
07:06over recent weeks for his great performances.
07:09One observation I've heard a lot of people say
07:11is that he's not a typical Guardiola player.
07:13What do you think when you hear that
07:15and is there a typical Guardiola player?
07:18That's a good question.
07:20Daddy's wanted to ask you,
07:21what is my typical player?
07:26Give me another one.
07:28Yeah.
07:30I don't have typical players.
07:32As much as they love to play
07:33and they sell in the thing.
07:35So he's not my typical player,
07:37so it's not bad.
07:39For the first season, what he's doing.
07:42So maybe, you know.
07:45I don't believe in that.
07:46I remember when I was in Boston
07:47and now Boston had an ADN special.
07:50No.
07:51You are a good player, no good player.
07:53Strong here or not strong here.
07:55If you have a good player, strong here,
07:57you can play in all the teams.
07:59In the big teams in the world
08:00and normally the big teams are being guided
08:02with the top, top managers.
08:04So, of course, you can play.
08:05It's my type of player.
08:07All the players I have here
08:08are my type of players.
08:10All of them.
08:11Is there anything that surprised you about Ryan?
08:13Obviously, we all knew he's...
08:14Yeah, in Instagram right now,
08:15he's making boxing.
08:18That was surprising.
08:19I didn't expect.
08:20Have you watched it?
08:21No?
08:22What?
08:22Go.
08:24Top.
08:25I will not discuss with him.
08:26He will play every game.
08:29Honestly.
08:30It's scary.
08:33I've got a few more hands.
08:34Just one question.
08:35Speaking of typical Guardiola players,
08:37Bernardo and now John have announced
08:38before the end of the season that they're going.
08:40Is it difficult with the rest of the squad
08:42to keep them focused,
08:43thinking that what's going to change
08:45at the end of the season?
08:46Are they sort of...
08:46Does the dynamic change
08:47once a player announces they're going?
08:50No.
08:51It depends on the players, no.
08:52I think they are relieved a little bit,
08:54relaxed, you know, announced.
08:57I said to John,
08:58how you feel after an ounce?
08:59So, no, I feel really good, relieved.
09:01And I feel love for the fans,
09:03for the people in my close environment,
09:07my loved ones from John.
09:08So, no.
09:09Because I know them.
09:10I know how competitive they are.
09:12And, you know,
09:14I see Trae in Bernardo since announced
09:16as always.
09:17No, absolutely not.
09:20Pep, you were talking before
09:21about how the club is extraordinary
09:23and, you know,
09:24it's one of the reasons
09:24why you've stayed for so long
09:25and your longevity and things like that.
09:27Are you able to offer
09:27any specific examples
09:29of what makes the club so good?
09:32Players care department, for example.
09:36That, I don't know,
09:37exists in other clubs.
09:38This department is unbelievable.
09:40For Claire, for...
09:42for all the people
09:43it's unbelievable.
09:46So, that means
09:47you need something to the family.
09:48You need to, I don't know,
09:50send flowers to your mom
09:51or whatever.
09:52Always they can help you.
09:54We can do it.
09:55So, the food is exceptional.
09:57The cooks are top.
10:00We have my CEO,
10:01my chairman in the game.
10:02My chairman,
10:04they're supporting all the time.
10:06So, it's a big club.
10:08But here is a family
10:10so, so, so that...
10:13After that,
10:13they have disappointments,
10:14especially, you know,
10:15the play.
10:16But all they have said
10:17to the club,
10:18try to the players
10:20be disappointed
10:21because they don't play.
10:22Not for the rest.
10:24And for the rest,
10:24there is no one can complain.
10:26No one.
10:27No, cannot.
10:28They don't complain.
10:29If they aren't happy
10:30because they don't play,
10:31that it's normal,
10:32understandable,
10:33and that it's impossible.
10:35We've talked many times.
10:36But the rest,
10:38make the players like...
10:40Yeah.
10:41I'm talking here,
10:41I'm talking to your wife,
10:42and girlfriends,
10:43what they need
10:44in their personal lives,
10:45families when they come,
10:46how they care
10:47the families here,
10:48mothers and fathers
10:49or aunts or whatever,
10:51how they come,
10:52and everything is sorted,
10:53sorted.
10:54So,
10:56they're...
10:57much more.
10:58Another one,
10:59COVID time.
11:02how many
11:03in all around the world,
11:05in the clubs,
11:05some people,
11:07you know,
11:08fire or...
11:09I don't know the right words
11:10in English,
11:11you know,
11:11when the people...
11:13He and Riva once.
11:14The same salary.
11:15The same...
11:16No reduced,
11:17not even that.
11:18The same.
11:18The toughest moment
11:19in our,
11:19let's say,
11:20lives.
11:22Always.
11:22Not even once
11:23in that building
11:24and the other building
11:25was out
11:27and the same.
11:28So,
11:29many examples.
11:30It's really,
11:30really good.
11:31Extraordinary club.
11:33Last one with James.
11:34Pep,
11:35when you come back
11:36from the Stockport game
11:37and get that glass of wine
11:39and sit down later at night
11:40and into the other hours
11:41watching that game,
11:42do you watch it like
11:43pure enjoyment
11:44or are you just always
11:46thinking and taking...
11:48You just can't switch off.
11:50I was more alive
11:50because I knew the result.
11:51Yeah.
11:53You know?
11:53But you...
11:54I remember I was watching
11:55with Mark,
11:56the owner,
11:58the chairman,
11:59the owner
11:59from Stockport
12:00invited me
12:01and we were there
12:03and the ring,
12:04the phone,
12:04messages,
12:05messages,
12:05messages.
12:06Are you watching the game?
12:07Are you watching the game?
12:08How good it is?
12:09Pep,
12:10I said,
12:10no,
12:11I'm not watching.
12:13So it was how
12:14I watched the game
12:16after with the
12:17enjoy for that
12:18because it's chances
12:19and chances in transition,
12:20chances in transition,
12:21the pace and everything,
12:22the quality of individual.
12:24At the same time,
12:25I said,
12:25what'd they do?
12:26Luis,
12:26what'd they do?
12:27Vinny,
12:27what'd they do?
12:28You know?
12:28Of course.
12:29Yeah.
12:30And probably unfairly,
12:34the people looked
12:35at that 90 minutes
12:36of games
12:36and have used it
12:39to criticise
12:39some of the
12:40Premier League football
12:41this season
12:42and say,
12:43you know,
12:43look how attacking
12:44and great it is.
12:45What's your view on that?
12:46It seems quite unfair.
12:48Completely disagree.
12:50Yeah.
12:50Completely disagree.
12:52So they play in that way
12:53because both managers
12:54play,
12:55that is the best way
12:55to play.
12:56They represent
12:57the top clubs
12:57and they want to,
12:59they want to do this.
13:01I think it's really nice
13:02for the football
13:03and it's really nice
13:04for another way.
13:05So English has been playing
13:07in a certain way.
13:08The referee's been dictating
13:09in different ways
13:10in other countries
13:10and Spain is different
13:11way in Germany.
13:12So,
13:13and everything is fine.
13:14So,
13:15football is 5-4.
13:16I don't know.
13:17Maybe next game
13:17is 0-0 in Germany,
13:19you know?
13:19You never know.
13:20So,
13:21sometimes,
13:22both are courage,
13:23brave to attack
13:24and when that's happened,
13:25always I said many times
13:26in the past,
13:26when both teams,
13:27both managers said,
13:29let's go.
13:30More in that way,
13:32more man-marking,
13:33more aggressive
13:33or by go
13:35and both do it,
13:36football is always.
13:38It's a nice football game.
13:40When a team say,
13:41no, no, no,
13:42I just,
13:43I wanted to just avoid
13:44who you are
13:46and I don't care
13:46who I am
13:47and just one action
13:49do it,
13:50it's not as much
13:51attractive,
13:52you know?
13:52But the rules
13:53are the rules
13:53and when one team
13:55decides that
13:55because feels
13:56I cannot compete
13:57or is the way
13:57I can compete
13:58in that way
13:59against you?
14:00Why not?
14:01It's fine.
14:02It will be so boring
14:03if all the teams
14:05are playing
14:05at Luis and Vini
14:06right now,
14:06all the teams,
14:07you know?
14:08Or maybe not,
14:09I don't know,
14:09I don't think so.
14:10I think always
14:11every system
14:11has a contrast system
14:12and every detail
14:14and it's nice
14:15when you can watch it.
14:17It's good.
14:18Thank you, everyone.
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