THE BALL – “We can’t attack faster, we’re not Liverpool” (Manchester City)

Pep Guardiola is a coach with very characteristic ideas and style of play, in a career where he has won titles for all the clubs where he spent. Manchester City’s career is no exception and despite the citizens dominating the Premier League, where they are lone leaders six points clear, Guardiola recognizes that there are aspects of the game where his team is not the best.

In an interview with Evening News, Pep Guardiola acknowledges that Liverpool, currently runners-up, are better than their team in terms of quick attack, something he believes is one of the best characteristics of Klopp’s team. Still, the Manchester City coach believes that the citizens they manage to excel in other aspects of the game, highly valuing ball possession, as has been usual in the game ideas they implement in the teams they go through.

“We cannot attack faster, we are not Liverpool. They are masters at it, we are not. We can’t do it, so we have to pass and play with the ball. But patience does not mean slowness. If we have the ball, we are fine and stable. Stability is having a ball. It’s not about defending 40 meters behind or ahead, pressing high or sending long balls. To be stable as a team you need to have the ball, nothing else», Guardiola shot.

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