“I think we are ready to play a match, but three days later another and four days later, another … We are not prepared for that. And not only the Manchester Citybut all teams. “It is the notice of Pep Guardiola, coach of the English team, hours after the return of the Premier League in a match in which they will face Arsenal of Mikel Arteta, his right hand until months ago.
Guardiola has ensured that his players are in shape, but also worried because they have only had three weeks in which they have been able to do group training after months without a game. “We know that it is not enough, but it is what there is,” said the City coach.
“The way we are now … we don’t know. If you ask me how the team is doing, I don’t know. Tomorrow we will see“, he added in a videoconference with the media on the eve of his team’s first game after the break.
Real Madrid, on the horizon
Guardiola also acknowledged that at this moment he does not think “neither about Real Madrid, nor about the Champions League“, despite the fact that his team drags a favorable 1-2 in the first leg of the round of 16 played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.” Normally I don’t work games for which there is still a long way to go. I only think of Arsenal. And then how to recover to play against Burnley, “he insisted.
Against Arsenal he will meet again with Mikel Arteta, his assistant at Manchester City. “I’m excited to see him again, he’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. We know each other, he knows everything about us. He’s an important part of our recent success. He helped us to be who we are”, stressed.
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