Thanks to @HaytersTV for supplying footage of Pep Guardiola's press conference. 🤝
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:24 Always expect injuries in the season
00:30 It is not just a problem for Man City, look at Tottenham, Arsenal, all the teams except Liverpool
01:02 Klopp and myself in the past have said the solution, it is the calender
01:30 The only solution is 40 players in the squad, it is impossible
01:52 Options at right-back
02:06 The new defenders are centre backs
02:40 Wait for VAR contributed to Grealish injury? I don’t think so
03:19 Squad for Club World Cup? It is a big question
04:10 The body speaks for itself and says it is enough, I need rest
04:40 Kevin De Bruyne was one of the players that played the most and now is not the same
05:10 I go on holidays but they go to the national team
05:30 It is just the amount of games
05:40 We took all the record in England, 4 PLs in a row, won the CL, got 100 points, what is next?
06:04 We have done 3 months bad in 9 years
06:18 What happened is not normal
06:27 Get 100 points now in modern football, I am waiting or 4 in a row, I am waiting. With Bournemouth, Fulham, Wolves.
06:45 Gundogan said the difference in the PL was massive, he was gone just one year
07:00 The teams are much better in all departments
07:12 Have you seen Liverpool this season? Liverpool cannot get 100 points already, 99 but not 100.
07:44 Now we realise what we have done
07:55 Now you have to accept all the criticisms. It is the reality, what can you do cry and complain?
08:20 Now we are not good, we make mistakes and give the ball away
08:45 Will see how our mood is after Newcastle to go to Madrid and compete
09:00 It is because we are not good enough
09:34 It is not about the keepers
10:20 The players know when they make a mistake and they know they have to do better
11:00 It is our fault and you have to accept it
11:30 The players that played a lot are so tired
11:44 Losing 5-1 to Arsenal is easier to swallow than losing in the last minute against Brentford, United, Madrid
12:02 We deserve to have a bad season
12:40 Will take the players with their families to the Club World Cup
13:15 Will take academy players too
13:36 Still three months until the end of the season
13:55 Won’t get all the players back
14:15 So far we have survived and we have to continue, finish the season as strong as possible for our future
14:42 The exception is what we have done before
16:04 Cannot sustain the pressure for 90 minutes
16:14 Solution is to change six players from the bench
16:22 The problem is we don’t rest with the ball anymore
16:55 Have to insist, the team is built for that
17:18 Do you think we can compete with the physicality of Newcastle? Have to play better with the ball
17:33 If you want to fight with Bruno, Tonali, Joelinton, they are stronger they are quicker they are faster than our players
17:51 We have not been physically strong but we still won it. Liverpool have been stronger than us, Arsenal are stronger than us
18:05 Before we played with the ball now we suffer with the ball
18:23 Now I cannot go to the gym for three days and make the players stronger
19:07 At the end of the season we will take the decisions we have to take
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