The Opta supercomputer sees Man City coming out on top against @Newcastle_United on Saturday, with Man City winning 56% of 10,000 pre-match simulations. 💪
Pep Guardiola’s response to Mikel Arteta’s comments about having all the information about Man City: “Next time he has to be more clear, exactly he means, what happens here. It can be related to all the processes, now with the 115 charges. Maybe it’s about that, he knows information about that maybe, or things I don’t know.”
Pep Guardiola on losing aerial duels without Rodri: “Not a problem. Ready for the second, recover four, five, six seconds later. We have to adapt with the players we have, and other ones will give us something maybe Rodri doesn’t have. Or maybe we put two players.”
Pep Guardiola on @Erling_Haaland being 'fired up' against Arsenal: “Gabriel said perfectly after the match; This is a war, we provoke the opponents, push them, and at the end, what can you do? 'OK, you provoke me, OK I’m there'. You want a war? I will war.”
Pep Guardiola on Rico Lewis: “Never alone [in defensive midfield], but alongside another, always good. More advanced like an attacking midfielder, in pockets, he’s one of the best we have. Except Arsenal and Brentford, he’s played all the minutes. Always he's been the best.
If you say the replacement for Rodri is Rico [Lewis], NO! It’s impossible. But he gives us something alongside [Mateo] Kova, alongside John [Stones], Manu [Akanji], [Ilkay] Gundo. At the end he can do things that maybe can work. We will see!”
If you say the replacement for Rodri is Rico [Lewis], NO! It’s impossible. But he gives us something alongside [Mateo] Kova, alongside John [Stones], Manu [Akanji], [Ilkay] Gundo. At the end he can do things that maybe can work. We will see!”
Pep Guardiola: “Fernandinho was [injured] at that time, and Sergio [Aguero] many times, or Kevin [De Bruyne] many times. Kevin was one year injured! Almost six or seven months! A lot of time injuries, injuries, injuries, and he didn’t play much and we [still] won again.”