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Pep Guardiola, in the bench of the Manchester City

PEP DEFENDS

Guardiola pulls irony: "I've been failing since sextete with Barça"

Published:4/01/2020 - 09:05h

Updated:4/01/2020 - 09:05h

Manchester City is quite off the Premier League this season and its coach, Pep Guardiola, is ironic when asked if his season is a failure

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In the present season, the Manchester City goes it to have very complicated to add his third Premier League consecutive. This time, the Liverpool, invicto in what it goes of English championship, takes him out 14 points in the classification to fault of the dispute of the second whole turn, by what the 'reds' are the favourite maxima to remain with the throne of the English football.

Pep Guardiola, technician of the 'cityzens', appeared in the previous press conference to the crash of FA Cup that his team will contest this Saturday against the Port Voucher, of Fourth Division, and was questioned by the situation of the Manchester City in the domestic championship. In fact, they asked him if it accepted that his season is being a failure by the difference of points with the Liverpool.

The Catalan, faithful to his style, threw of irony to answer to the journalist. "I accept what was, fellow mine. What was. Usually, failure all the years. Since I won the sextete with the Barcelona in my first year, after this always have fracasado, so I accept it. There is not problem", commented Guardiola.

The true is that since the one of Sampedor obtained all the titles in his first season to the control of the FC Barcelona a decade backwards, the expectations surroundings to his teams always have been tremendously high. They went it in the own Barça, in back seasons, also in the Bayern of Munich and now go back it to be in the Manchester City.

Since, it has obtained numerous titles of League so much in the German championship as in the English, but always has him recriminado that it have not gone back to proclaim champion of the Champions League​. This season, will go back it to try at the head of the team 'cityzen', that is considered one of the favourites.

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Curiously, the draw of eighth of final of the Champions League matched to the team of Pep Guardiola with the Real Madrid and both groups will cross in the following round. It will be a party with morbo by the return of the Catalan to Santiago Bernabéu, that still has not played in the coliseo white like technician of the Manchester City, although yes it had done it with the Bayern.

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