Guardiola: The competition is very strong, but we will continue to fight

Manchester City coach appeared in important press statements before facing Liverpool on Sunday, in the 26th round of the Premier League.

Guardiola said: "We are not a bad moment, except for the Real Madrid match, which has proven to be the best team today, in recent years, we were able to compete with any team in the Champions League, and we were always among the best," Guardiola said.

He added: "We have two -month -old defenders, and this affects us, but we have to adapt, the coming period in the English Premier League will be decisive to us, we have made good matches this season, even when we lost to Arsenal, we played well for 60 minutes, but we missed the stability in The rest of the match.

He stressed: "We have to continue fighting to ensure a center that qualifies us for the Champions League next season, as it is not easy in light of the strong competition."

On the next match against Liverpool, he said: "We know the strength of Liverpool. They are an excellent team and they offer great levels this season. We have to focus and prepare well to confront them, because it will be a difficult match."

Regarding the crowding of the match schedule, Guardiola stressed that the team will not use this as an excuse, pointing to the need to adapt to the circumstances, saying: "The table is the table, and we cannot change it, sometimes we have difficult and successive matches, but this is part of football, we have to face Liverpool, Then Tottenham, and then we will have enough time to prepare for the rest of the season. "

"Our goal is to finish the season in the best possible way, and we will present everything we have to achieve this."

When asked about the ability of Marmoush to continue to shine like Mohamed Salah, he said: "Mohamed Salah has already proven his worth in the most difficult league in the world for years, and now Omar Marmoush here to prove himself, he has appeared incredible in Germany, the performance he will present will determine everything."

On the injury of John Stones, he said: "John Stones is injured and a difficult injury he suffered in the Real Madrid match, we will know in the next few days if he will undergo surgery or not."

On Halland's readiness to face Liverpool, he said: "I do not know specifically the possibility of Halland's participation or not, we will see tomorrow, can you participate essentially against Liverpool in the next match."

Regarding De Bruyne's lack of participation against Real Madrid, he said: "I am the stakeholder, de Bruyne can still play in major matches. He played against Real Madrid at our stadium, of course he can play in all major matches."