Guardiola: This is the team's condition, and the Southampton coach will succeed

Guardiola: This is the team's condition, and the Southampton coach will succeed

Friday 25-10-2024

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola appeared in a press conference to talk about tomorrow’s confrontation against Southampton, in the ninth round of the English Premier League.


The coach said about the team’s condition. :"Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku are also unavailable, in addition to Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker."


He added about Southampton coach Russell Martin, who has received criticism for his stubborn game plan. :"You will achieve success sooner or later. Usually when you change your thoughts and opinions, the players will notice it and know that you do not believe in your ideas. It is one of our jobs to convince the players that we are in good shape. It is impossible to train them about something if you show that you do not believe in..".


He stressed: “I always have a lot of respect for the teams promoted to the First Division. I don’t know how we can complain sometimes [about the match schedule] because look at the number of matches that the Premier League teams play.” First Division.”


And about playing with a team in the last three places: “After the Champions League matches, I prefer to play against the teams that are better in the table because you focus more and do not look at That, but that is the case.”


He continued: “Southampton have the courage to play and they are brave with the ball, and Wolverhampton is one of the bottom teams and we were struggling to win.”


Regarding Phil Foden’s statement that he feels better after his goal against Sparta Prague on Wednesday, Guardiola said: “I am not worried at all because I know that when he is fine, he will get it. He is an incredible natural talent who solves the game himself, I'm happy to hear he feels good.”


Regarding winger Savinho and how quickly the 20-year-old has adapted, Pep said Guardiola: “He is very young. What I like is that he wants to be the best player on the field and tries things, he has the courage to participate in everything. He doesn't score goals but he tries. He has the feeling that he is here to be a good player and that defines really good players. He is in line with the club’s ambitions and will do his best to achieve that.”


And about the possibility of reaching two years tomorrow without Losing in the Premier League at home if we win tomorrow: “It's really good. We are consistent and if we were not, we would not have won the Premier League so many times. We do our job every time.”

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