Pep Guardiola said that the Manchester City players responded to the atmosphere inside the Etihad as they trounced Leeds 7-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola said: “We did a really good game. We dropped five points last season against Leeds. We cannot forget it. We are the same guys that we are today, except Jack [Grealish]. It was a good game. The vibe of the stadium was phenomenal. It was sold out today and when that happens, the players feel it. Thank you so much to all of them and producing this performance today was a pleasure.”
Bielsa described the game as the worst of his four-year tenure as manager, and did not even think the Blues had played that well.
Pep Guardiola said: “It’s not that City played very well. It’s a lot more noticeable how badly we played than how well City played. City plays like this all the time, or similar to it, but we have never played so badly in these four years. And I insist that the message is that what I proposed and what the game needed, was not good enough. You can deflect the attention when some things work and some things don’t but when nothing works, it is the decisions of the one in charge that defines what happen.”
