At 23:30 p.m. on September 21, Manchester City will play against Arsenal away in the fifth round of the Premier League. Before the game, Manchester City coach Guardiola attended the press conference and talked about the game. Talking about facing Ars...
Talking about facing Arsenal in this game -
For me, Arsenal is a very stable team. They never make mistakes in the defense line, the forward line is also very fast, and there are great set-piece tactics, so from all aspects, the team is really great this time.
Arsenal's spending on buying people -
I will tell my friend Arteta that if you win the Premier League championship, it is just because of the team's investment in buying people, not because of how much effort he has put in!
Just like Liverpool, if Slot wins the Premier League again, it must be because he spends a lot of money, right? So it's not just Manchester City doing this right? Everyone did this.
Listen over the years, every club has done whatever they want. I know the treatment we receive is completely different, but in fact they also spend as much as they want. This is OK. The only thing I can say is that they are very wise to spend the money they think they can spend to compete with the best teams in the Premier League and even Europe.
Talking about the possibility of Rodri starting -
We will observe his situation every day, but the important thing is that he has played two games. Sometimes he also had some minor problems, such as on Wednesday he felt uncomfortable and did not practice well, but he said it would be fine against Napoli, but he played very well.
With Rodri on the court, we feel better, of course he is recovering from serious injuries, we must be vigilant, we will pay attention to his situation in preparation.
Talking about the team's training plan -
Yes, we are going to climb the mountain, we will go climbing the mountain in the past two days.
If we win points in this game, we can tie Arsenal -
This is just our fifth league game this season, a game of the season. We will not win the Premier League championship because of today's game, nor will we lose the championship because of today's game. We will strive to win every game.
When I first came to Manchester City, Sir Ferguson said that if you want to compete in the Premier League, you must be close to the top 4 league positions after Boxing Day to consider the championship. So we will see what will happen next. In my experience, the six Premier League championships we won, I remember that 4-5 were still behind around the festival, either behind Liverpool or behind Arsenal, but in the end we won.
But before, they lost to Arsenal 1-5 -
Considering the game state at that time, we performed well in many cases, but the last 15 to 20 minutes was a disaster. After we forgot what we should do, they successfully won the game.
Hopefully we can overcome bigger challenges this season, Arteta is an excellent coach who made more signings in the summer transfer window, and now Arsenal is an incredible team and one of our strongest opponents in Europe, we will see how the team will do it and which players can play in good health.
We will strive to compete and be a better team than last season, especially in the last 20 to 25 minutes. Is the catastrophic period of Manchester City over?
You should ask me after the game against Brighton, I know what people would say, we are really not good, but I also know how stable my team is.
When you can win six Premier League titles, that's because we're like a machine, we're a team that's stable enough, of course we have to prove more in this regard. What is important about the team is the atmosphere of the team. We focus on this. Some things expressed in body language are also important. We will work hard regardless of winning or losing. When you see that the team has a good atmosphere, this is the direction we have to work on.
Have you talked to the Premier League or UEFA about Manchester City's schedule?
Don't think so, there is no need.
