Pep Guardiola has quipped that he utilizes his good looks to persuade his Manchester City players to listen to him.
After winning the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, and Club World Cup last season, City manager Pep Guardiola has his team vying for four titles this season.
The defending Premier League champions are presently second in the table, having lost first place to Arsenal last weekend following a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the Etihad.
Guardiola claimed after the game that City had scarcely trained in the lead-up to the game, with the Spaniard only able to name eight of a possible nine replacements with some of his players out due to injury.
He claimed that they had only spent 10 minutes discussing offensive and defensive strategies for the tie, and he told reporters after the game that he employed a unique technique of communicating the information.
Pep Guardiola claimed that he utilized his good looks to lure Manchester City players before of their match against Liverpool.
City dropped to second place in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Guardiola stated that owing to injuries in his team, he only got 10 minutes to workout with his players.
‘Because I’m pretty brilliant,’ he explained when asked how the players managed to absorb his material in such a short period of time. ‘I’m an attractive man who seduces them, and we succeeded.
‘So, I’m quite decent. Today, we have television, visuals, and we converse and move individually. I talked to Ruben (Dias) about what happened at Chelsea, and I talked to Kyle (Walker) about what happened at Chelsea.
‘What I meant by that was once they made mistakes, they just understood.’
In his seven years as manager, Guardiola has developed excellent relationships with his players, and a high amount of games has frequently resulted in a rapid turnaround in matches.
squad were returning from international duty on this occasion, and City faced Liverpool at 12:30pm on Saturday, meaning the Spaniard would have had little time with his squad.
After winning the Treble in 2022/23, City will be fighting for four trophies this season.
Guardiola stated that he discussed the previous outcome with Kyle Walker (left) and Ruben Dias (right) and that “they understood.”
Guardiola was upbeat after the game, although he did express his unhappiness with his squad’s injury problems, noting that he was unable to risk a number of players in the build-up to the weekend’s game.
‘I haven’t trained in seven years,’ he said. ‘No more than 35 minutes. We don’t practice. They had begun preseason 15 days prior. Do you know how long 15 days is?
‘We had the FA Cup final followed by the Champions League final. They have another 15 days with the new players. We didn’t just do tactical one day. I’m sure Jurgen feels the same way. We practiced 10-15 minutes with the ball and 10 minutes defensively the day before this game.’
‘By Tuesday, it will be 10 minutes on the pitch, progressing in that direction. We are unable to train. We don’t have players for the next game if we don’t practice. We don’t have any. That is why we must learn from history: simply grasp what you must accomplish. Who jumps? The press. This is what we rely on.’