I Cannot Thank Aguero Enough For The Way He Understands Me – Pep

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has praised Sergio Aguero for his amazing reaction to finding out that he was not going to start vs Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Pep revealed that the Argentine was not angry at all and asked all his players to follow the example set by Silva, Sterling and Aguero at the club.

According to him, the behaviour in the locker room is top notch from these senior players and he is very grateful to them for making his job easier.

He added that he cannot thank Aguero enough for the way he understands him.

His words, “In these three guys, the behaviour in the locker room was an incredible exception, specifically these three players,”

“It was exceptional. I’m so proud about the reaction they had, knowing they wanted to play, of course, I understand that.

“Sergio was incredible, honestly, I never could express my gratitude and my thanks to him, to understand me a little bit and to help the team, being a legend as he is for what he has done for this club.

“I need him; we need him. I know he is ready to help us, and David as well, and even John [Stones], and Oleks [Zinchenko], and Eric [Garcia] as well, on the bench. My complete gratitude. I would love all the players to be like them.”

On the EFL cup, “Of course, it’s better, it’s much better to go to play a final after a good result in Madrid but we cannot live a final thinking how good we were,” he said.

“[The tie] is not done, first of all. Always I thought that it’s incredibly difficult to win at big, big clubs, but it’s an incredible challenge, more difficult to beat them twice. Normally, it doesn’t happen. The big clubs can lose one game, but two? Rarely, it’s not often. But it helps.

“In football, teams are a state of emotion. It’s better to go to play a final not just with results but with the character, the way we played.