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Pep Guardiola explains how defensive injuries have contributed to Manchester City’s instability at the back, stating that John Stones and Manuel Akanji would play as holding midfielders if they were available in Rodri’s absence ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League tie against Feyenoord.

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hi pep um obviously we’ve been asking the same kind of questions for a few games now what are you working on and what are you hoping to see tomorrow that’s been different to the last few games prepar the next game what is fer and try to beat them in the in in the way we can we believe we can do it I don’t know another another way the same when we were able to win some games in a row is thinking what’s next what we have to do to beat them is the same I mean you don’t you don’t sorry you don’t feel as though you need to fundamentally change anything within the the team and the what should I change what should I change well sometimes people react to Los if I should change in the first season and everyone ask to change we will not win seven Premier Leagues in that years impossible now I’m not going to change I believe the succeed we have in our big big Believers in the process and the fundamentals that we have to do what you have to believe is that the players are injured come back in the best form the players are play a lot of minutes for the reason are injures some rest to come back get a one good result to change our mind and and believe completely deeply that when we are winning a lot a lot a lot always I was thinking these two shall pass and right now this two shall pass too so life nothing anything is eternal so a moment that we start to win it again that we were winning a lot of games I was thinking we’re going to lose games is unusual yeah right so this team basically because this team won a lot a lot a lot a lot there are many many many many many years and that’s why when that’s happened so it’s for all of us me first what’s happening of course we I’m thinking but I think in the in the in this situation have to be go more direct to our principles to don’t change much less than ever you got to be certainty to the players that doing this is going to happen because at the end we had 26 shoots against uh Sports we had more expecting goals than them uh we create a lot of chances a team like create few during the average during the season but there are Department that we are not strong enough and that’s why when we lose balls in certain positions and when the transitions we don’t win that duels on the long balls we don’t win that duel or one against one because physic they are stronger than us we have to run we have to run backwards because our four Center Defenders are not there and are not still ready ready ready because they were inj and our main player for these transitions the play as rodri is not there can survive because with four Central Defenders I put Manu and Jon holding midfielders right with Ru behind with Nathan with Jos we will be stable we’ll be strong in the bo but we don’t have it had to play with gundo he’s attacking midfielder our best guy to rrive into the box I had to play holding midfielder because the other holding midfielder is injured is kova like is another player can do it and it has to be alongside to Rico to have us a lot of pass a lot of control to do it and what you happen you have to adapt and it’s not because they want it’s not because they are soft it’s not because they don’t want it’s not because they are lazy because we have 26 Sho and Target and clear clear chances clear ones in front of the keeper because was exceptional but what do you have to do insist create more 26 not enough more it try to concede less and one day we’re going to win a game we’re going our mind clear will be Tuesday tomorrow I hope so if not next Sunday if not next but the desire is there to change it and we’re going to try hi um you talked about after the game against Tottenham that they’re struggling a little to score goals at the moment in this in this run of form at the moment and of course in the beginning of the season earling was scoring a lot a lot of the goals and now that he’s not finding the target so frequently as it did in the beginning of the no he find the target sometimes the keeper save it so no that’s true I know you were talking about I I would think the reason is not earling without earling we will be more trouble but of course our inas our Wingers we have uh four or five Wingers so we have just one available of course we lack the goals for that position perect because maybe it’s not good speciality maybe because there are no Wingers the field F field was so so productive the last seasons but this season a struggle in the beginning of the season for some nagles and ninjas and everyone and that that that make an influence of course after the rling have josco John kova our top scorers that is not normal so you know we can need more players and attacking midfielders that Kevin have been injured two Ms uh so that is the reality and you have to adapt without them you have to survive you have to I said create more chances than be there but we are lucky that we have herling you know that and every game every game every game have three or four chances to clear and that makes me feel this is what I want my team you know create to help him to be there and one day will score we score two or three like I’ve done since three years ago R but does it feel like your in this situation that uh you’re a little too dependent on earling scoring the goals if if you are going to get goals at All In This Moment tell me one team with earling should play will will not be depending good point yeah fair enough I would say Norway Norway is depending for Marland to score goals or not sorry as well I know but yeah okay Hyo you mentioned the other day that the squad had 12 players in it who were 29 or over five who are 30 or over started the other day against Tottenham now clearly these players have done great things for you and for the team does there come a point where there’s a danger that the team is getting a bit too old no it depends on the performance there are players were 30 and more than 30 and Performing cow well it depends on that so there are players with 23 that perform not good so it depends on the performance I don’t see the age H we have the reality but I think all the teams have players with a certain ages and the other one youngest but the analysis is not from my point of view right now is for the fact that uh we are not getting results because we have the 12 players because few months ago few months ago fewa they wor the same match they won the Premier League FA Cup Final and we lost a competition qualifying against Real Madrid performing in maybe our best so it’s not I would say big different so when you’re sort of analyzing things and you’ve given some of the reasons it’s at the end of the season yeah at the end of the season during the season analy I said okay we see always depend the performance I said before I’m here because I’m here but I don’t perform well I will not be here so here you have to our standards there you have to continue to be there and of course you can drop tell me one team in the world that cannot drop a little bit after you know being a Beyond exceptional do many many years being I’m sorry I wanted to defend what we have done because I know these guys I don’t want to I’m few a few times maybe never I never blame one player here I had to tell them the reality is they are not stupid they know exactly our reality but I’m not here to say the reason why is this or this one there are a lot of factors minimum factors that make an infuence I will diagn I will be able to make a diagnosis that said the reason why is this reason I would take it I would take it immediately but it’s not about that it’s not as simple as that so there are many many factors and now the most important thing is not the tactics is the okay you have to win a game in terms of desire and after what happen everything will be you know will be better just just following on from what you’re saying there to to win and keep winning and win as much as these players have done isn’t normal there’s a lot of players that that can’t do that and they’ll come a point where I’m sure you ask that can they keep doing do they have that desire and motivation to continually keep you know pushing themselves and I think you often say in the past you need to see season that my players still have that do you do you sense with some of them that there is even it’s just a tiny bit there’s been that little they’ve won so much now easy now it’s easy to say because we lost five five games and say now with thecas it’s easy for the manager to blame yeah the mentality is not there and they don’t want it it’s because we don’t run I don’t believe in that I don’t I don’t so I learned from my period when this come situations become come don’t take to mic analysis so because we’ll be wrong sometimes in my experience manag in defeat a shout to the team after the game and after that day after that night right after the game or early morning with my coffee say why you talk with the place why should I say that so relax so I have to be more had to be cold you know to see not the performance to see arriving time how they care how they are here what they do for the team there are many many many things it’s not for the we win or we lost and that is not about it’s I would say it’s quite normal as again because that what happened in the past make an influence in our lives right right in the right moment and we won a lot in the beginning of the season the influence can be you know but the beginning of season we’re top of the league and still we are second if we start to to lose games or continue to lose games again again we’ll finish eight or night in the table because it’s so tight but what will happen here second in the table of course one team is performing incredible in terms of results and that’s why they they take a gap right now but still we are there but it’s not about that it’s not about the results it’s not about of course at the end but right now is is about the performance in the beginning of the Season it was really really good except bourou game I said many time the other games we perform well but we are not consistent enough we are not solid in every aspects from my point of view Maybe I’m Wrong for the incredible amount amount amount of of absence so with just one you can handle it too but there’s a lot in an important important position said now Jon stone for example now I can play I can play 45 minutes after one week 10 days without training you need the Rhythm and there are many aspects that they in involved in in that positions but when I said the last press conference sooner or later should happen maybe I didn’t expect to was five in a row but should happen if the win should happen the little bit drop after the success that we had it’s normal but the Nal will be in in December if you have to do something and of course in the end of the the the year the season said okay what do you have done the season what do you have to do to of course to be more solid to be more solid next season but these guys gave us a lot and this guy will give us a lot I had the feeling had the feeling that this season will do a very very good things I don’t I don’t give up and I have the feeling that it will be there if it’s happen it’s happen because the human beings can happen well lots of hands so just one question please Jamie at the front um Kevin De bruyne obviously since the Champions League final year won and he went off in that game he has struggled with injury hasn’t he I know you’ve missed him a lot um he’s obviously getting close to Fitness now can he be the factor gets you back to winning ways because of that extra quality that he can bring to a team of course I will all of us he the first is fighting and training more than ever he fighting come back who his best of course it’s not 24 25 26 or 27 when they our best now have certain age and now of course last season was five month out this season play in the first game and last last game before yeah before Sports he came to to me I said oh it’s the first day I didn’t feel anything you know I feel I have pain the first time until last two month you know and that is a point the other point is you are ready for 90 minutes the Rhythm that we playing that of course we will need time like season we come back at to five M play 30 minutes 45 35 minutes 40 only I asked for Kevin it was he’s looking forward is I have pain pain in terms everyone in that state just have pain but I can play or I can train in a good and after that Kevin will give us something like is unique you know of course we need him we’ll be you know no no will be no sense if I would say the opposite [Music]

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