Mikel Arteta responded to Pep Guardiola. After the Arsenal coach’s comments on the 115 charges against Manchester City, the Catalan said he would speak next time. “clear”. Now the coach gunner He spoke again and wanted to resolve the problem with a few moving words towards his former mentor: “I love Pep, I’ve admired him since I was 10.”
Arteta wanted to put the controversy aside and chose to do so by praising the Guardiola: “I respect him deeply. I am very grateful for everything he does and consider him a friend. When I say I know them, I mean I know how hard they work. “The reason they’re there is because they’re feeding that hunger.”
“I can’t be clearer. If someone wants to harm this relationship, I can’t control them.. For me, sport is this desire to win. They have it, even though they won more than everyone else. I hope that’s clear,” concluded the Arsenal coach.
In this way, Basque closes a controversy that had been generated by a few words spoken on the Manchester City. In the midst of the struggle for First League, The two technicians clashed over the accusations against the team sky blue, who is threatened with administrative demotion for 115 alleged offenses committed in recent years.
“I’ve been to Manchester City before. I stayed there four years and I have all the information. So I know. “Believe me,” said the Arsenal coach. Then, Guardiola responded to him at a press conference and did not bite his tongue: “Next time you need to be clearer about what you mean. “We know exactly what happened here over these four years.”
“It may be all 115 counts. Maybe I have some information about it, or maybe I have something else, I don’t know. Next time, thanks to the good relationship I have with him, he will be able to answer exactly what he means when he says he was here.“, then underlined the City coach.
After facing each other last weekend at first, In a more than balanced and tense match which ended with a score of 2-2, the two coaches spoke and, in the case of Manchester City, There have been complaints about the game Arsenal and the tricks used to try to defeat them. This is where Arteta spoke of the “secrets” of the Mancunian team. Misinterpreted remarks which made Guardiola explode.
“He said it perfectly after the match. If it’s a war, we are there to provoke the adversary, to push them, what can you do? Do you want a war? you will have a war», Said the former Barcelona coach. Now, after Arteta’s words, it seems that the disagreement between the two teams or, at least, between the two technicians has been resolved.
