Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Wednesday December 4, 2024 at 11:33 p.m.
Scalded cat fears cold water. Manchester City may have led 3-0 from the hour mark, but it was forbidden to get excited.
Pep Guardiola is eminently reassured after Manchester City's victory, finally, on Wednesday evening against Nottingham Forest (3-0) after seven games in a row without winning, including four defeats in a row in the Premier League. His first reaction, immediately, was in this direction (for the BBC): “We won, that's all that matters. It's a great evening. After what had just happened to us, we weren't relieved until the final whistle.” The Catalan Citizens coach is certainly referring to last week's draw against Feyenoord in the Champions League, 3-3 while his players led 3-0 at the start of the last quarter of an hour.
“De Bruyne is an incredible person”
This evening was also that of the return to the light of Kevin De Bruyne, author of a goal, an assist and overall a very complete performance: “He played very well, he helped a lot defensively, It was very good and I'm really happy. He's an incredible person, what he's done in the last few years with us has been crazy. When he's fit, maybe he can't play all the time. three days, but fortunately he can help us as he can done since his arrival from Germany.” It was almost ten years ago already, in 2015, from Wolfsburg who had picked him up because José Mourinho did not want him at Chelsea. Visionary… “The reality is that he has played little for a season and a half,” concludes Pep Guardiola.
The coach of Manchester City, who remains fourth (Chelsea and Arsenal won again) but is nine points behind Liverpool in the lead – the Reds having been hung up on Newcastle (3-3) -, finally really appreciated being able to find two defensive midfielders , he who constantly repeats that the massacre of injuries is the source of all his incredible ailments in November. With particular emphasis on Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake, “fantastic human beings and players”.
