Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has come out to admit that the club are no longer in the Premier League title race. This is coming despite beating Leicester City on Sunday, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, even if it was a relief to see his team finally win an EPL game on Sunday, he can now accept that there is no chance that they will win the title this season.
Pep added that Leicester City were the better team in the 2nd half, so he was pleased with the final result.
His words, “So many days without winning when we are used to it. It’s a relief. The performance was not our best, Leicester were good. Happy for the result for the players, their commitment to be here.
We can not sustain for 90 minutes, today we proved that again. Commitment and physicality. Clear our minds now by getting results. We are far away from winning the Premier League. We accept there’s already no chance of that but we have other things to fight for. FA Cup, top four and winning games helps.
They were better than us in the second half. We can not sustain the aggression and pressing. We just can’t right now. This is just one game. The game against Manchester United hurt us a lot in terms of confidence.
That game killed us. That game was mentally a struggle then tough games against Aston Villa and Everton. It is what it is, we have to hunt for wins and that’s life. Most of the players proved again they are ready to fight.”
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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