Guardiola is calm despite the results: “We are going to achieve very good results this season”
Pep Guardiola is facing his biggest crisis in Manchester since landing in England. The celestial team has suffered five defeats in a row, and last weekend they experienced the most painful of all a resounding 0:4 score against Tottenham at the Etihad. However, football gives the Catalan side no respite and they have another Champions League match against Feyenoord on Tuesday, so The one from Sanpedor was supposed to appear at the press conference.
Far from appearing nervous or upset by the situation, Guardiola wanted to convey calm in front of the media, calmly answering many questions. “I think we’ll do some really, really good things this season. I don’t give up and I feel that we will succeed…”– said the technician citizens.
On the one hand, he acknowledged his team’s shortcomings at the start of the season: “There are aspects in which we are not strong enough. We lack solidity and consistency, also due to we have an incredible number of passes“.
Guardiola, dejected by his team’s defeat to Tottenham.
However, he also assured that they are not as bad as the results reflect: “Against Tottenham we had more expected goals than them, we created a lot of chances.”. And not only against Spurs, but also defends his team’s performance in all but one game: “With the exception of the Bournemouth game, we did well in the other games.”.
Now I won’t change the way we believe
For this reason, he is confident that they will be able to turn the tide by declaring that they will not make too many modifications. “If I had changed in the first season we wouldn’t have won six Premier League titles in eight years, that’s impossible. Now I’m not going to change what we believe in.”Pep said.
Despite everything, he stressed that they are still fighting for the titles: “We remain second in the Premier League standings.. “If we keep losing then of course we will finish eighth or ninth, but at the moment we are still second.”
The English club officially announces the extension of the agreement, which expired in the summer of 2025.
He defends Haaland for missing a goal
One of the main criticisms of Manchester City in recent games is that they can’t score goals and that’s All eyes are on Haaland, who is singled out for not seeing the door. However, Guardiola also wanted to appear calm about the Norwegian’s situation: “One day he will score two or three goals, as he has done since his arrival. Without him, we would have even more problems at the door.”
Without Haaland we would have even more problems at the door.
In addition, he also mentioned his team’s dependence on the Norwegian striker: “Any team that has Erling will depend on him. I know that, and that’s okay.”“Now you have the Champions League, where scored 3 goalsto catch up and get back on track. However, Pep also stated that it would not be easy: “Now any opponent is difficult for us.“, but be that as it may, this is a new opportunity to turn around the most tense situation Pep has faced since his arrival in Manchester.