Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola has been chatting with the media earlier than Sunday’s Premier League recreation in opposition to at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
Listed below are the important thing strains from his information convention:
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Guardiola says he needs to be cautious with reintegrating Rodri and Jeremy Doku into the beginning 11 as they’re coming from long-term accidents.
Extra on Rodri’s return to motion: “With out Nico [Gonzalez] it might not have been doable as a result of [Mateo] Kovacic is just not there any extra and Nico has been excellent, however Rodri is Rodri. Everyone is aware of it. We’re higher and folks really feel higher, however now we have to watch out.”
He says that Sunday’s opponents Chelsea have “misplaced an unbelievable supervisor” in Enzo Maresca, including that he’s fortunate to be at an “extraordinary” membership like Manchester Metropolis.
He is aware of nothing concerning the rumours which declare that Maresca has spoken to Metropolis about being Guardiola’s successor. On his future usually, he pressured that he has a contract and he’s glad together with his job. He says the membership’s hierarchy respect him and so they proved that in Metropolis’s poor run of type final season.
On Sunday’s match: “We can’t speak a lot if we do not know which supervisor can be there and I do not know what is going on to occur. Chelsea have all the time been harmful and the Premier League is harmful each recreation.”