Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that two of his players didn’t do their job against Brentford in the Carabao Cup. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Rayan Cherki and Savinho didn’t do their defensive jobs in the second half, and he has players like Gvardiol, Nunes and Bernardo to thank for making the team more compact.
Pep added that increasing the rhythm helped to secure the much-needed control against a quality team.
His words, “I’m really pleased for the impact from the guys who came from the bench, because in the second-half Rayan Cherki didn’t do the job he should defensively – he had no energy, Savinho neither.
That’s why the impact from Josko [Gvardiol], Matheus [Nunes], especially Bernardo [Silva] helped a lot to increase rhythm! I didn’t want to play Nico Gonzalez, Nico O’Reilly 90 minutes again – they’ve played a lot and we have Saturday; a massively important game against West Ham.
Same like Phil – I didn’t want him to play the minutes he played but the injury from Oscar happened. But everyone that came from the bench was really, really good!”
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.
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