He Manchester City is in trouble. The trial for the 115 alleged irregularities of Fair play Finance is the focus of the English club’s news. Pep Guardiolaone of the most influential voices of the English club, spoke about it during the press conference preceding the match which will confront the citizens with Arsenal.
“I’m sorry to say that I always want to defend my club, especially in these modern times. It’s like no one expected us not only to go down, but to disappear from the face of the earth. I would say that we have had much better days than our opponents and that’s why we have won a lot. “It’s not complicated,” he said. Guardiola.
“We are very pragmatic as a team; all the time. Look at the results. People say we have a lot of passing and good construction of the game. Pragmatic? We are the best team in the world in terms of pragmatism. We win a lot. What does pragmatic mean? It has to do with the results, right? Not with football and that kind of thing. We think that in the way we play, we are incredibly pragmatic. The best, I would say. I am sorry, it is the truth. During the 95 minutes, the opponent has to defend in his box, that is what I want. Do you know why? Because the ball is very, very, very far from Ederson, Ortega and Carson; from our goalkeeper,” he explained. Guardiola before measuring up to those of Mikel Arteta.
He also spoke about the performance of City in the Premier League: “When the ball is closer to my goal, now I tremble. And we concede a counterattack? Yes, it can happen, but I prefer the ball to be there [lejos]For me, it’s being pragmatic. That’s what I completely believe. When I defend more and more behind on long balls… What can I say? We have to defend further, we have to do it. I don’t want to, but we have to do it. So it’s uncomfortable, but we have to do it. But when people say that Pep only talks about the beauty of football… no, no, no, not even in my time, at Barcelona, not at all.
