Manchester City Can Still Catch Arsenal – Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that his team can still catch Arsenal in the EPL. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, a lot can still happen in 13 games, so his players must keep focusing on winning their own matches.

Pep added that every match is crucial for the remainder of the season, especially games against relegation-threatened opponents.

His words, “We are six points behind. OK, it is a big gap, but many things can happen, so it’s better to have the three points.

Who knows if six points is enough [for Arsenal], but 13 games is a lot and the FA Cup is coming, the Carabao Cup final too, the Champions League is back in March and injuries will happen.

There are also other teams playing for things — European positions, fighting against relegation and playing against teams in a relegation battle means they are trying a lot to survive and it is a proper game.

So 13 games from experience is a lot of time. It [the run-in] is so, so difficult, but the important thing is to be there.

All we can do is breathe down the neck of Arsenal, being there, and try if they slip, if they make something [a mistake], use it.

We have to play them [Arsenal] at home, so of course we have to beat them.”

WOW.

Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.

Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.

Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.

Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.