Livescore
Pep Guardiola sent a clear message to his players despite the victory against Tottenham on Thursday.
The ‘Citizens’ came from behind to win 4-2 after trailing 2-0 at half time, but the victory did not leave the coach satisfied.
Pep said it right after the game and reiterated it again in the run-up to this Saturday’s clash between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Guardiola wants his players to regain their hunger to win, their desire to conquer everything. To understand his reasoning, the coach recalled what happened to him during his playing days with Barcelona.
“I won four league titles in a row as a player and then I wasn’t hungry enough. Too much caviar. And Real Madrid beat me,” he said.
“I understand the players, but I am here to turn this around. The president knows it. I want to be here, but if I lose the team, I can’t be here.
“I’m sorry for those who hate us, but we will go down in the history books for what we have done in the Premier League.”
Important weekend in the Premier League
If Manchester City beat Wolves, they could move to within two points of Arsenal just before the Gunners host Manchester United.
Despite not being too far from Arsenal, Guardiola knows that the team has to change if they are to compete with Mikel Arteta‘s side.
“It is undeniable how good we have been, but that is the past. The club has to move,” he said.
“We are second, we are not 25 points behind Arsenal, there are still 57 points to play.
“What I’m saying is that if we continue like this, we don’t have a chance. Our fans want to see the second half against Tottenham more often. That’s what we have to do.
“It’s not about that. If they lose to United, it doesn’t matter. If we play like this, we will not reach them. We have to change ourselves. If Arsenal go ahead, congratulations.
“But it’s not about the three points against United. That is the past. [We have to] look what we have now and then at Arsenal.”
He had words of praise for Arsenal and his former assistant Mikel Arteta.
“They have it all, all the pieces. They defend with ten players in the area, five behind, six behind, good transitions, they win duels,” he said.
“Look how they celebrate a goal, how they talk. How they look at each other, communicate. This is football. We don’t have it.”
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