Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has refused to be drawn into talk of the title at this stage of the season. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the season is still very early for any club to be thinking about winning, so he is focused on his team improving and winning consistently.
Pep added that he and his players will do everything possible to close the gap with the teams on top in the coming weeks.
His words, “We try to close [the gap]. Arsenal have been solid for many years. The concern is how we improve better to be close. From my experience, it is so long. There are many teams there – Bournemouth are doing really well – and we try to do our game. Our job is not to watch the title. If they win all their games and win the Premier League, congratulate them. But I feel that the team is alive, it’s good.”
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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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