Guardiola: Real Madrid confront Derby, and this is the nature of my relationship with Artita

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola appeared at a press conference, to talk about a confrontation on Sunday against Arsenal in the 24th round of the English Premier League.

The coach said: "Facing Real Madrid? ".

And on the February crowd schedule: “We really start in Paris and then face Chelsea, so we are already there in a number of difficult matches, the table is what it is. What places the most difficult streams of the teams in Europe. "

He stressed: "The most difficult matches are determined because playing against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich is difficult, but the problem is that we will play against the two matches Newcastle, I do not complain about the calendar because we have achieved incredible success in playing this calendar."

He continued: "He said that several times, last season, we played the quarter -finals against Real Madrid and after three days we have the FA Cup semi -finals in Wembley when we could have another day. But we succeeded."

And between: "The schedule of matches we have in February is similar to what we faced before. It is not a problem for us. This has happened during the past nine years. The lot could have been better but we did not deserve to be among the eight first."

On his relationship with Arteta: "My relationship with him is exceptional, with him and with his family exceptional. Of course, we do not communicate much because he has his works, I have my work, and a lot of matches. But the respect we enjoy always exists."

On the inclusion of Marmoush and the future of Makati: "I do not think that my place will leave in January, I think it will remain, and it is not customary to get a player like Marmoush in January, but our financial resources are stable, so we can do this."

He concluded: "Rodri's return? The lack of the best player in the world affects you, Rodri is positive and optimistic about playing at the end of the season, but he has to take step by step.