Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has spoken to the media earlier than Tuesday’s Champions League sport at Sporting (20:00 GMT).
Listed below are the principle traces from his information convention:
On shedding two video games in a row: “I do know our requirements. We misplaced one sport within the Premier League. Perhaps we’ll lose in opposition to and [next two league fixtures], however we misplaced one sport and we’re two factors behind a top-class staff in . I do know folks count on us to win 38 video games 5-0 and the Treble each season as a result of that is our requirements – however this won’t occur.”
On a season of battle: “We’ve got to simply accept we’re going to battle and it’s nice. Each sport will likely be tougher than when all the things was easy. We gained six Premier Leagues in seven years and conditions change. It is the fact. The center class within the Premier League rise unbelievably. The highest-class groups had been at all times there – add and Tottenham, however after you see , , a lot of the groups.”
On Erling Haaland’s health and whether or not he wants a break: “He is nice, no drawback. We’ve got to occupy the information 24 hours a day. I do not suppose he wants a break.”
On Ruben Amorim’s Sporting: “The sample is evident. Actions in behind are so harmful – the tempo and the management. Good inside, good swap of gamers and motion. Successful the Portuguese leagues after 20 years after which doing it once more reveals how good the job he has carried out right here.”