“ I manage the good times, and also the bad », Declared Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola on Friday December 20, who has won only one of his last eleven matches in all competitions.
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The Spaniard, champion of England six times in the last seven seasons, appeared very dejected during his last speech last Sunday following the derby lost 2-1 against Manchester United.
“ We had just finished a game that we lost, and we were about to win. I wasn’t happy “, he rewound. “ I’m fine, I’m a normal person with feelings, like the rest of us. When things are good, we are good. When things are not going well professionally, we are more concerned “.
Before going to Aston Villa on Saturday (12:30 p.m. UT), Manchester City remains on five defeats in seven Premier League matches. The reigning four-time English champion is in fifth place after sixteen days.
“ Sooner or later we’ll get back on our feet »
“ Even in the past, when we won many matches in a row, we didn’t know what was going to happen (in the match after, Editor’s note),” Guardiola said. “ Sooner or later we will recover. I don’t know when, because we had problems in the team “.
As a coach, “ I manage the good times, and also the bad “, he insisted. In the past there have been difficult times ”, and this time “ it takes more time “. He put into perspective the “ more than 40 bad days » crossed recently and “ the eight years » on the bench of Manchester City, where “ we have done incredible things “. “ The past speaks for itself, and today, reality speaks for itself. I don’t have much to say. We don’t win matches, we have to win. No matter the circumstances, the problems, we have to do it and we don’t “.
After a defeat against Juventus Turin during the sixth day of the C1 league stage on December 11, Guardiola assured that the most difficult challenge of his career was when he was entrusted with this team and he had had to obtain good results to retain this position for a second season. “ What’s happening right now is life, it’s normal. Sometimes there are bad periods with bad results, but we will continue to fight. Of course I ask myself questions, but I always ask myself questions, in good times and in bad “, he added.