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Guardiola on Man City latest and fading title challenge

08/05/2026

CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00through for 10 30 p.m this evening we'll start with naz please thank you good afternoon pep the
00:06the next challenge is brentford can you tell us what you've made of what brentford have done this
00:11season so good and the job keith andrews has done since taking over from thomas frank not easy to
00:19replace thomas so incredible season clear what they do and difficult to to challenge them but
00:29yeah same time uh three games left and neti hat and and go for it and i want to highlight
00:38tomorrow's
00:39game is the community game how important is it for the players and the club to highlight that and give
00:46back to the local community it's not just for tomorrow it's for during 10 years so i've done
00:54an incredible job and it's not just for one day and forget what's happening in the past in the future
00:59is uh all all all the things work when you are consistent to do it uh you know that's why
01:07the
01:07primary league is always as unbelievable because the show have to do every every every single week
01:12and all the aspects in the life in our lives is like that so it's have to make uh you
01:19know digging
01:19digging every single day to have a success and everything have success because you don't put
01:27effort behind that doesn't work it will be just one day and after disappear when you have 10 years
01:32been involved this club in the community and doing many things during a manner of things that they have
01:37done that proof and of course we celebrate tomorrow hi pep is uh roger available for tomorrow
01:44we see we see this afternoon um you said recently um he was getting back towards his best his best
01:52form
01:52um how much have you had to alter your plans with him not being available last couple of games
01:59well we have survived uh without him for many many months uh make a little bit problem of that still
02:07he
02:07doesn't feel completely comfortable and and when he will be ready and fit and come back we'll see
02:14this afternoon hopefully tomorrow so we'll come back that second half against everton got rather chaotic
02:21conceding three three goals in that second half how much did you miss his experience and influence
02:27it's not depends on him the cause we conceded does not depend on if he was not there
02:32we give away so but not because was ready was not there
02:38hi pep just on monday obviously a difficult experience for mark gay how has he responded
02:45since make a top game make a yeah he knows make a
02:50a mistake but uh it's part of the game so a part of that he make a top game
02:57and just on the news the last few days new contract for phil foden um yeah how good is it
03:01uh yeah i asked i asked to my sport director said yeah they are close they are uh hopefully it's
03:08going to happen but still is not already done hi pep can i ask about jeremy um seven goals and
03:1614
03:16assists he's got now this season his best numbers what has been the key to him stepping up and becoming
03:22as you've called him a winning player this season the manager always success when the players play good
03:28is thanks to the manager when they play bad it's because of them
03:33i'm so glad i'm so glad they're making a step and feel that the winger had to score and make
03:37an
03:38impact not just an action one against one but not just i'm saying the goals and assets and
03:41distribution defensively and
03:45um yeah jeremy had been have been amazing this is amazing and can i ask about the women's team as
03:53well this week they've won the title for the first time in in 10 years how special is that for
03:57everyone and have you followed their their season this year huge compliment on behalf of the first
04:02team men first team today's a reality in the world football the impact for the women's team in the
04:07society you know the girls how enjoy to play football and and every you know national team
04:13from england you know how good to be in barcelona for example where i come from the impact from the
04:19human steam for the all the girls in catalonia is unbelievable so i think is the biggest step i think
04:26in the world football i made in the last decade you know before start but i think you never could
04:33imagine the impact in the in the girls in the teenagers you know i want to play football and
04:39as much as you play a sport is fantastic and of course a big compliment you know you know what
04:45chelsea has done as i've been top in the last six many years win six six leagues and yeah we
04:52break
04:53and they make a big big compliment for all of them for the manager for all the humans organization and
05:00hopefully it's the first one for many he's going to come hi um i got to see the first bit
05:06of training
05:06yesterday as you know uh josco guardiol was out there i mean how close is he to being back available
05:12for selection yeah it's good his training is good have been many yeah months many many last season was the
05:22important player for us but many just play all the games so at the end the body says one moment
05:27is
05:27enough is enough but uh yeah happy is back you know hopefully can help us in the last part of
05:32the
05:32season and make a good world cup with croacia and next season we can have him again and his best
05:39because he's an important player sent to defend the fullback because can play can play different roles
05:45so fast so quick yeah really good really good to have him back like like ruben as well i understand
05:52the
05:53club is talking to him about a new contract i don't know if you managed to speak to the sporting
05:56director
05:57about guardiol whether you want to know that i don't have info you talk is i speak with the sport
06:03yeah well then if you spoke with the support director to go about that no no okay did you ask
06:08him for
06:08next week i i would love i would love just to stay here it's not easy to to find a
06:14player like him so
06:15hopefully he can stay and can i just ask you finally on the importance of you you've referenced it earlier
06:20three games now at the etihad between now and the end of the season obviously you've been quite clear
06:26you have to win all your games now to stay in this tidal ways how important is the atmosphere tomorrow
06:31it is 3 p.m long time since last game was uh arsenal uh so yeah i love to be
06:42at home what can i say so
06:43hopefully they can come and you know put pressure in our arsenal winning our games only we have to do
06:50all weekend
06:57hi pep i'm not trying to trap you with your own words but you have said a couple of times
07:01i think it's before west ham and arsenal if you didn't win those games it was over
07:05so is it now over the tower because you didn't beat evan well it's more difficult you know because uh
07:12we are facing the team like uh it's going to play the the final champions league so here i want
07:18to
07:18congratulate michael and his group to reach the final is good for english football of course for
07:23us but for english football is good the same like aston villa unite show again show again how incredible
07:31manager it is you know i think
07:33you
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