Pep Guardiola was discussing Manchester City’s position in the Champions League standings following a defeat to Juventus, which left the team in a challenging position to qualify for the knockout stages.
Pep Guardiola said “That wasn’t the reason today,” referring to the suggestion that mistakes cost City in the match against Juventus. He emphasized the performance and his belief in his team, saying, “That was the difference today. But we are the best, I love my team, the way we play. The results are not going to convince me the opposite. The whole night, we played really good. At 1-0 we insist more. We are a team, as quicker we attack, the quicker they make the transitions. We play the right tempo, I would say the chances, we didn’t shoot but we were so close. One day we will find it. I like a lot my team.”
Guardiola commented on Manchester City’s potential to secure a Champions League play-off spot amid their challenging standings and remaining fixtures.
Pep Guardiola said said “It’s the target [to qualify], we need one point, three points. We have two games. We go to Paris to try to do it and the last game at home. We played really good against Inter and Feyenoord and created problems but when you go to Sporting, Turin and Paris our three games away were really tough and you have to accept it. When we turn it around we will not forget that period.”