The 45-year-old told NBC his career was “arriving at the end” ahead of City’s 2-1 win over Burnley on Monday and followed up those comments with a moody exchange with the BBC – where he constantly rubbed his nose as if he had developed a nervous tic.
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3 – Dyche’s team selection was questionable, with Steven Defour dropped after his masterclass against Sunderland last Saturday, but his tactics at least had his side level at the break, against 10 men and in the hunt for at least a point.
It’s fair to say meal has been made out of one bad incident, but the nature of journalism is such that you don’t really hear about the times that Pep has been polite to the media.
Guardiola often looks like he’d rather be anywhere else when talking to the press.
City beat Burnley 2-1, but Guardiola’s demeanor after the match was anything but celebratory. They are one of the superpowers of the division and we want our fans to come with us and enjoy the occasion. My teams always in my career try to play football.
Three seasons at Bayern Munich, collecting another trio of domestic titles, were enough for Guardiola before taking up a new challenge in Manchester. “But it was also necessary after we had won everything”. We wanted to win.
It’s just that the process can become frustrating, and City are in the middle of it.
For those who haven’t seen it, we’ve included a video below. He has a team which is powerful but not the most powerful.
And with good reason. Can he continue his form against City? In the first half against Arsenal they were dominated.
Did nothing extraordinary on the night but kept Manchester City’s midfield ticking for most of the game as he maintained the pressure even after his side were down to 10-men.
“He’s just trying to get the back back so they can take the centre”.
The City manager paced around, yanking at his tie to loosen it from around his neck, waving his arms before punching his fist into the palm of his other hand.
The match takes place at the Etihad Stadium. “Now we are going to accept the three or four games (ban for Fernandinho) but remember it was a fault (for Bravo)”.
Manchester City (from): Bravo, Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Adarabioyo, Clichy, Kolarov, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Sterling, Navas, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Nolito, Garcia, Aguero, Iheanacho.
“Liverpool was four points in front and now it’s only two, which is brilliant”.
“We thought that would bring him into the game by switching the play”.
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Manchester City are presently third in the table seven points adrift of Chelsea having played a game more. It happened for many things.
