Pep Guardiola has called the Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham the “whole package” but suggested the player’s development might have been stifled if he had stayed in England. The 19-year-old scored against Manchester City in their past two meetings with Dortmund, albeit in losing causes, and will be out to cause more problems in their Champions League game on Tuesday. Bellingham...
Pep Guardiola has called the Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham the “whole package” but suggested the player’s development might have been stifled if he had stayed in England. The 19-year-old scored against Manchester City in their past two meetings with Dortmund, albeit in losing causes, and will be out to cause more problems in their Champions League game on Tuesday. Bellingham...
Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City not to be “soft” against Liverpool on Sunday, as they were when losing July’s Community Shield and last season’s FA Cup semi-final to Jürgen Klopp’s team. The champions travel to Anfield in second place, 13 points ahead of Liverpool, but Guardiola insists City cannot afford to lose their edge in a similar way to their past two meetings at neutral grounds...
Pep Guardiola has said he cannot field the same back four for Manchester City because Nathan Aké, Rúben Dias, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte are unable to play every three days because of injury problems. Stones and Kyle Walker are unavailable because of hamstring and groin problems respectively, Laporte has just returned after knee surgery, Aké has sustained a number of different issues and...
Until Sunday Pep Guardiola had won all 10 of his previous Premier League meetings with Eddie Howe but after their 11th encounter resulted in a 3-3 draw of the highest calibre at St James’ Park, the Manchester City manager’s praise for his Newcastle counterpart proved unstinting. “He’s has done a top-class job,” said Guardiola, whose champions were 3-1 down at one point. “You can see his team is...
The Manchester City boss was claimed to have been offered a deal worth £10million per year to replace current Selecao boss Tite after the World Cup in Qatar later this year. Guardiola has previously expressed his desire to move into international football, with Brazil believed to be his dream pick, although has quickly moved to shut down the reports. Speaking ahead of his side’s hotly...
Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned his aspect dedicated the error of not changing probabilities in opposition to Crystal Palace in Monday evening’s 0-0 draw. And he pointing the finger of blame on the pitch, claiming the “grass [was] not excellent”. The reigning Premier League champions have been held to a goalless draw, transferring 4 factors forward of Liverpool however...