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Pep Guardiola on Ilkay Gundogan: “It will take time [to get back to his best]. He didn’t make a pre-season, and he needs to do the rhythm but he gives you something also special. Of course he will take it.”
Pep Guardiola: “During seven/eight years we've handled it [the schedule]. Always it's been like that. No change. Other than this season long, long injuries with Oscar [Bobb] and Rodri - this is completely different to the past. But the schedules are the same.”
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Official: Man City’s 19-man traveling squad vs. Slovan Bratislava.
Ederson, Ortega Moreno, Carson; Lewis, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Nunes, Kovacic, Bernardo, McAtee, Foden; Savinho, Haaland, Grealish, Doku.
Ederson, Ortega Moreno, Carson; Lewis, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Nunes, Kovacic, Bernardo, McAtee, Foden; Savinho, Haaland, Grealish, Doku.
Press Conference: John Stones & Pep Guardiola will face the media shortly ahead of matchday two in the UCL league phase vs. Slovan Bratislava [A] on Tuesday night.
Full coverage coming up. 🎙️
Full coverage coming up. 🎙️
Pep Guardiola: “I think a lot, sometimes overthink.”
“We are finishing the Sagrada Família, still it's not done. But when you go there into this temple, you realise what - in that time, without 3Ds and all this technology - this person [Antoni Gaudí] had the vision to create or think this type of things.
"You cannot realise it's possible... Hopefully in my adorable and lovely country, Catalunya, sooner or later can finish it, and all of the people around the world, religious or not, can enjoy it.”
“We are finishing the Sagrada Família, still it's not done. But when you go there into this temple, you realise what - in that time, without 3Ds and all this technology - this person [Antoni Gaudí] had the vision to create or think this type of things.
"You cannot realise it's possible... Hopefully in my adorable and lovely country, Catalunya, sooner or later can finish it, and all of the people around the world, religious or not, can enjoy it.”
Pep Guardiola: “If I have to retire right now, I'm more than satisfied. I'm so happy still doing my job. I never, never thought in my life I'd live what I've lived, in these 13 or 14 years and still I'm living. I'm more than grateful, I cannot ask for anything else.”
“I want to say something honest; with this start of the press conference [it seems like] we are going to play a friendly game tomorrow. I'm a little bit concerned about that in terms of the questions about Gaudi... It's a competition!”
“I want to say something honest; with this start of the press conference [it seems like] we are going to play a friendly game tomorrow. I'm a little bit concerned about that in terms of the questions about Gaudi... It's a competition!”
Pep Guardiola: “Maybe I can have some doubts in many things, but Phil Foden is going to be back! As much as he feels good, he will be back!
I think 30 minutes playing at St James' Park [against Newcastle], I felt already something that I like that I didn't see for example against Watford.
We cannot forget after two months or maybe more without training, with the problems that he had a little bit with niggles and some problems in his health. Now he's smiling in his rhythm.
We cannot forget what we has done so far without him, the best player in the Premier League last season, so we need him, yes or yes!
Wow, he's an important, important player for us. I don't have any doubts about the way he loves to play football, and the way he trains, his passion, he's going to be back, and he's going to help us like he helped us since he landed in the Man City first-team.”
I think 30 minutes playing at St James' Park [against Newcastle], I felt already something that I like that I didn't see for example against Watford.
We cannot forget after two months or maybe more without training, with the problems that he had a little bit with niggles and some problems in his health. Now he's smiling in his rhythm.
We cannot forget what we has done so far without him, the best player in the Premier League last season, so we need him, yes or yes!
Wow, he's an important, important player for us. I don't have any doubts about the way he loves to play football, and the way he trains, his passion, he's going to be back, and he's going to help us like he helped us since he landed in the Man City first-team.”
Pep Guardiola on Slovan Bratislava: “They play with some courage. I saw the game against Glasgow Celtic, the result wasn't good but in terms of the moments, they are not scared to play, to prove things. I don't know if tomorrow they're going to play with four at the back.”
Pep Guardiola: “I have learned [in my career] that nothing is for granted. Even the media is going to say how beautiful we are... Always we have to do it! Nothing comes from that. Always I have an incredible, incredible opinion of my opponents, my colleagues. I never, never won a game thinking that I'm in Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Man City and this is going to happen. Always I try to give credit, especially for our opponents.”
Pep Guardiola on his thoughts on Slovan Bratislava: “Unfortunately we, in England, we don't have the rights to see the Slovakian league. I'm sorry.
I have huge, huge respect for Slovan Bratislava and we're going to try and analyse what they do, the patterns they do, and try to impose our game.”
I have huge, huge respect for Slovan Bratislava and we're going to try and analyse what they do, the patterns they do, and try to impose our game.”
John Stones on potentially moving back into Man City's midfield again: “If called upon, 100 per cent!”