Defiant Pep Guardiola has insisted he will “not give up” trying to turn Manchester City’s fortunes around after a Boxing Day draw as Everton stretched the champions’ poor run to one win in their past 13 games.
City are in seventh place with 28 points, 14 behind leaders Liverpool. Guardiola’s side again they stumbled upon Vertonled by Bernardo Silva before Iliman Ndiaye drew the visitors level and Erling Haaland missed a second-half penalty.
However, the manager struck a definite note ahead of Sunday’s trip to Leicester. “Sometimes you expect to fix it earlier or easier, but sometimes you have to take more time and not fail,” said Guardiola. “I want to be here, I want to do it [change City’s fortunes]. Now we go to Leicester, which will be difficult. We will try to play a good game and the players will be ready to do it.
Guardiola is encouraged by the continued application of the players. “I see horses, spirits, how” [they] train, how are you going,” he said. “Of course I want her.” [to recover their form] – wants everyone I don’t want to disappoint my people, the club, or the fans or the people who love this club, but we give it to them. [poor] results.”
Guardiola is driven by the same energy that fueled him as a player at Barcelona and has led Barça and Bayern Munich to numerous titles during his enormously successful coaching career. “Because of the advent of my career as a soccer player and manager, I want to try my best,” he said. “All of us want to please people in our office, we want to do well in our business. It’s not necessary, I don’t mean a question mark.
Guardiola cited his achievements with City, which include repeating the past four Premier League titles, as a testament. “I have the most proof” [already] it is done,” he said. “So sooner or later we shall return. But I remember how good the past was – that’s true. Now I understand what we did because sometimes we had injuries [in previous seasons]yet how many years have we been so unbelievably agreeable?
“Wait a little bit down” [lose form]. We don’t expect that [as this]The main reason is that seven or eight players are injured. Post [playing] every three days is more difficult. “
Guardiola is without Rodri for the whole season, Oscar Bobb also for a long time, Jack Grealish, Rúben Dias, John Stones, Ederson and Matheus Nunes are now there. Against Everton, Kyle Walker was absent due to illness.
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Guardiola said he would not talk about Haaland being sent off as a penalty. “No one. I congratulated the team. I said again: ‘Well played, guys.’ So we have one chance to continue the journey to Leicester, recover and prepare.
“In my education I don’t have to start complaining, telling people. It’s life, it’s football, try again – try again. That’s why it was good for us that it was always enough. That’s why we won a lot of titles.