Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that his players can come back from a 3-0 deficit vs. Real Madrid in the Champions League. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, because MCFC players basically have nothing to lose at this point, he expects them to at least earn their pay and believe they can turn things around at the Etihad.
Pep added that coming up against a team popular for its famous comebacks in UCL history should be enough inspiration.
His words, “If they don’t believe, it’s a problem. They are adults. They have good salaries.
If they don’t believe in that in the Champions League, go home, stay home. We have to try. What do we have to lose?
Madrid never came back in history? I don’t know how many — 50 Champions League games, they never came back from 3-0?
Of course, it’s a tough result. But we have to try, for respect for the people, for fans, for our job, you know?”
On EPL, “And after, eight games are left, we have to accept it and finish the season better.
The best possible, because still we have tomorrow, we have the Premier League, we have the FA Cup. We have the other one [Carabao Cup final]. Improve, improve.
As much you improve quicker, it will be better for the present and for the future, for next season. This is what you have to do.”
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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