Pep Guardiola
Manchester CityEnzo Maresca
Chelsea
Meeting Highlights...PALMER'S MATCH
He's an exceptional player. I said many times, I didn't give him the minutes that maybe he deserved and now he has at Chelsea. I understand completely. He's a shy guy with a lot of potential. It is what it is. He was asking for two seasons to leave and I said stay. He said he wanted to leave. What could we do?
...CL DEFEAT
Today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will better than today. We don't want to feel sorry for ourselves. We performed at our best but were not able to win. Do you know which team we were facing? Did you expect they wouldn't have the ball or create opportunities? And think we were going to win another Treble? And next season another Treble? And win the Premier League by 20 points? It's not true.
...KEVIN AND ERLING
Kevin feels well. Erling we will see. Erling felt a muscular issue and that's why he said he could not continue. Kevin felt exhausted and after what happened with injury for five months, that is normal.
Pep Guardiola
Manager on Manchester City...PALMER'S MATCH
He's an exceptional player. I said many times, I didn't give him the minutes that maybe he deserved and now he has at Chelsea. I understand completely. He's a shy guy with a lot of potential. It is what it is. He was asking for two seasons to leave and I said stay. He said he wanted to leave. What could we do?
...CL DEFEAT
Today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will better than today. We don't want to feel sorry for ourselves. We performed at our best but were not able to win. Do you know which team we were facing? Did you expect they wouldn't have the ball or create opportunities? And think we were going to win another Treble? And next season another Treble? And win the Premier League by 20 points? It's not true.
...KEVIN AND ERLING
Kevin feels well. Erling we will see. Erling felt a muscular issue and that's why he said he could not continue. Kevin felt exhausted and after what happened with injury for five months, that is normal.
Enzo Maresca
Manager on Chelsea...COLE PALMER
Now we need to move on. We never judge a player when we sign them. We also sign the player believing that they can perform. It is true he is performing in a good way, maybe over expectations. He already played them twice in the Premier League. He is very grateful for Manchester City and his coach Pep Guardiola. He always talks very highly about them. He's not the type of player to have something inside. He understood perfectly that he wanted to prove himself in another club. But also a thank you to Manchester City for giving the opportunity to him to move to another club. He is very grateful and talks kindly about Pep and Manchester City.
...ADVANTAGE
When you play 120 minutes in the Champions League, the effort is massive and the emotional thing is not easy to recover when you lose the possibility to go to the semi final. It is going to be tough for them.
...MANCHESTER CITY
We need to remember they have an unbelievable squad. They are going to perform in the same way. They have shown in the past six to seven years how consistent they are. It’s a challenge for us as they are doing a fantastic job and playing fantastic football showing that they are one of the best teams in the world.