Guardiola: I am not surprised by what Aston Villa is offering, and this is the state of the team

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

The coach was asked about His mood after the Manchester derby: “I've just finished a game where we were close to winning and we lost. I wasn't happy with the sequence that happened. I've been trying to be honest with myself here now for six or seven days, if you fall six times you've got to stand up seven.” “Times.”

He added: “I’m fine. I'm a normal person with feelings like all of us. When things are going well we are better and when things are not going well at the professional level we are more [focused] on what we have to do.”

Pep was asked Manchester City coach Guardiola also asked whether not playing a match in midweek had helped the players reset themselves: “That's clear, we have to start again. Even when we win many games in a row, we don't know what will happen. Of course we have to try again and it will turn around sooner or later.”

On Ruben Diaz’s injury: “[He will be out] for three or four weeks. It was a muscle injury, [after] 75 minutes against Manchester United he felt something. He is very strong and stayed on the field and now he is injured.”

And on other injury news: “Manuel Akanji has returned to training in the last two days which is good for us, of course because The important thing is that John Stones returns at his best. When you've been injured for three or four weeks, you need time to get back to your best but of course it's important. An important player for us for many years.”

On thinking about the difficult times in the past to help him now: “I deal with the good moments, and I deal well with the bad moments. I've had bad moments in my career as a coach but we managed to come back and now it takes longer.

He stressed: "I'm gaining experience from that. I've had 40 bad days in terms of results, that's the truth when you compare it to 8 years and it's much better. "There were eight years of amazing [results] and now we have 40-45 days of [bad results]."

On whether he will tell players he doesn't want them on his team If the bad results continue: “I don't know, it will be at the end of the season. At the end of the season we will see the situation. What I want is for my players to come back [from injury]. I feel that the team is really good, it's not about whether they are good or bad players.

He added: "We lost two important figures for a while. We want the players back and then After what happens in the winter and what happens at the end of the season, the club and I will decide what is best for the team

He concluded: “I am not surprised by what Aston Villa is offering, they have an excellent coach. They had good success in qualifying for the Champions League and the results in the Champions League speak for themselves. They are handling it well because when I have been at many clubs managing both competitions, they have done really well.”