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LiverpoolPep Guardiola
Manchester City
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
Big match. City matches are always big games. Will probably always be. I think it’s really early. If you go through all the different possible scenarios, then I don’t think after whatever result anybody should open the bottles of champagne. Nothing happened then. But it’s three points. It’s an incredibly strong opponent. We don’t hide that we want to win that game, but knowing how difficult it is. But that’s it pretty much. It’s a big game, I understand that 100 percent, and we are really excited about the fact that we are part of it.
…HOME MATCH
Anfield has from time to time a real impact on our game! Yeah, come on. The atmosphere in the stadium, the atmosphere our people can create… am I allowed to say it is second to none or is then anybody offended by that? It is really good and energising. Massive. These are the games you want to play, these are the games you want to get the ticket in the stadium, these are the games you want to watch. This is a very special game.
…RIVALRY
I don’t feel there is a rivalry. I understand that you call it like that, but there is no rivalry. We are just both pretty competitive, we both want to win football games, we both are blessed with having really good players in our teams. And that’s it pretty much. But it’s not a rivalry. We have said it before, if we meet in the future it will be full of respect. So far, we did not have the opportunity to meet each other more often. But I think I said it often enough how much I respect him. We would have a lot to talk about, definitely, so that’s all fine.
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Manager on Liverpool…ABOUT MATCH
Big match. City matches are always big games. Will probably always be. I think it’s really early. If you go through all the different possible scenarios, then I don’t think after whatever result anybody should open the bottles of champagne. Nothing happened then. But it’s three points. It’s an incredibly strong opponent. We don’t hide that we want to win that game, but knowing how difficult it is. But that’s it pretty much. It’s a big game, I understand that 100 percent, and we are really excited about the fact that we are part of it.
…HOME MATCH
Anfield has from time to time a real impact on our game! Yeah, come on. The atmosphere in the stadium, the atmosphere our people can create… am I allowed to say it is second to none or is then anybody offended by that? It is really good and energising. Massive. These are the games you want to play, these are the games you want to get the ticket in the stadium, these are the games you want to watch. This is a very special game.
…RIVALRY
I don’t feel there is a rivalry. I understand that you call it like that, but there is no rivalry. We are just both pretty competitive, we both want to win football games, we both are blessed with having really good players in our teams. And that’s it pretty much. But it’s not a rivalry. We have said it before, if we meet in the future it will be full of respect. So far, we did not have the opportunity to meet each other more often. But I think I said it often enough how much I respect him. We would have a lot to talk about, definitely, so that’s all fine.
Pep Guardiola
Manager on Manchester City...HALAAND
He is improving, he will have setbacks, he will improve again, have a setback and improve again. Two months is a long time for a guy who is so tall but step-by-step and I’m pretty sure that at the end of the season, he will help us a lot. Football and life is like that, you have problems and it’s how you solve it. The numbers of Erling, his contribution is massive.
...INJURY REPORT
Jack Grealish has been ruled out of tomorrow’s game since he is not be fit. Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes will be on the squad most probably.
...ABOUT MATCH
Yesterday morning we started to think about Liverpool. We have already seen some details about the way they attack which is different to previous seasons. The quality of some players makes the game different. The main parts are the same and we know it quite well, but the little details we need to adjust. At the same time, knowing that, we must look at the games we and they have played recently and see if we need to adjust something to be more comfortable with the players that we have to play on Sunday.