Pep Guardiola was very satisfied after Manchester City’s 6-0 victory against Ipswich Town on Sunday and the Spanish coach was even able to bring out his best players with 30 minutes remaining to prepare for Wednesday’s “final” against PSG.
Held in check last Tuesday at Brentford (2-2) after leading 2-0, Manchester City crushed Ipswich Town on Sunday (6-0) in a completely unbalanced match which delighted Pep Guardiola, despite the very weak opposition. “We are very happy, we found a lot of things that defined this team over the last decade, the last years”rejoiced Guardiola at the microphone of Sky Sports after the match.
“We found a certain identity that we had lost along the way”
“We are very happy for the players, they deserved it. We found a certain identity that we had lost along the way. The three points allowed us to move up a little in the standings (City are 4th in the Premier League, editor’s note), because qualifying for the Champions League next season will be very difficult.added the Catalan coach.
At a press conference, Guardiola also welcomed the level displayed by his team: “We are a lot better, maybe not at our best, but closer with the consistency we have in our game… Everyone with the ball has been smart, faster, everyone is linked. You can’t be fast, skillful and good if you’re not connected defensively. »
-Guardiola was able to let his executives breathe before his “final” against PSG
The scenario of the match against Ipswich (5-0 in the 57th minute) also allowed Guardiola to take out Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland in the 63rd minute, three in-form executives who will all start on Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes: “Of course after 4-0 and 5-0, I thought of Parisrecognized Guardiola. They played yesterday (Saturday), we played today (Sunday). We have to take a long journey”.
While City is only 22nd in the Champions League championship phase standings, one point ahead of PSG, the Catalan coach considers Wednesday night’s PSG/City as a final for qualification to the next round : “We’re going to get back late (from Ipswich) and we’re preparing for the final. We have two finals (the last two matches of the Champions League, editor’s note). If we win two we qualify, if we win one we have a great possibility (to qualify), but we still have to take points because we created problems ourselves. Especially against Feyenoord and Lisbon. But at the time we had too many problems, we couldn’t compete for many reasons. I hope we can continue in Paris and in the next matches”.
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