Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola press conference

Yeah, we could not match up his intensity on the situation, long balls, we could not win it. And when you don't win this type of balls to Simeno or central defenders, strikers after you had to defend deeper. We struggled to make our build up. But especially for that, the reason that they put in the game for many reasons, they were higher than us and we could not, could not handle it. Obviously today. It's been a common theme this season. Why are you finding it more difficult this season? The stock whose break away from opposition sides, but I would say was maybe today. The other teams where they are fast. I know. But yeah, today was more than often because our play was not not clean, especially with this type of balls when you don't win it. So it was not a transition where we're in the final third and after that we lose the ball and the transition didn't happen much. It was more that the women high pressing long balls, you lose the ball, lose that dual, win the second ball and after they run and after that always had happened. So in the past always were able to to handle this kind of situations and we could not handle today. Well, I think you couldn't handle up today. They win the dual, they won a little bit more than that is normal, but it was look at at the end of the game, you know, it's momentum and we we spoke before, I know we are in difficult position now, but if you want to handle this team, you have to you feel that you have an opponent close to you, 90 minutes close, close, close. In that situation, you have to be strong, you have to win it. You have to do this kind of situations and and today we're not able to do it sometimes, sometimes the opponents are better. So I have to accept it. So how much of it is down to the fact that you have a stretch squad? No, we have players with rhythm and the other players for like a rhythm because we could not train come for the injure. So but but we knew it. We knew it in sports with today, we'll need the the next game. So Ruben and we'll be out until international break and Mano Nathan make an incredible effort to be there demanding game. Kyle as well. So 18 days, 19 days without training. One training station with us today was there Rico was a lot of minutes was tired as well. So yeah, this is the position that that we have. We try to handle the sports, the minutes, you know, to provide fresh here, but we could not handle there were another pace today. You could not handle it Ruben is muscular so at international break and and John have a facilities facilities planter sat in the feet and and today was not not ready. It's not the first time you've conceded earlier this season. What what do you put that down into because you've been such strong start? Yeah, because they they they score early and they could score earlier because they make a good save. Yeah, we know this type of situation, this type of balls and and it was more the the lose that balls again. And after run, it was one attraction that would build up for them in the left side, for example, in the first actions. But after mainly was a touch long balls and lose that balls. And what has happened is, is difficult after you have to defend deeper. But even in the first half we struggle to make a good process. They build that. The second-half, the 1st 1050 minutes was much, much better. We had our chances in that moment and after the yeah, the goal was the second goal was a little bit what happened. I know it's a long ball, we lose the duel and after they run, I think the second goal define quite well what happened or what the moments that we suffer, you know, in this time situations. Before or after the embargo, sorry. Before or after the embargo, of course, yeah, sorry. Were you surprised by how the Bournemouth played in their tactics tonight? No, we happen last season, season we're so tight as well. We we struggled a lot. It was it was difficult and today, today was the same. But in yeah, we had our moments. The truth is we had our moments to also to the end, especially to score. And yeah, we did it. You, you said in August that you weren't motivated at the time to win the title. We're 10 games in now. Arsenal lost today, Liverpool won. It feels like quite a significant day. Do you do you feel motivated now? Now we're 10 games in? No. What's been the change then in in the space of a couple of months, Another match. Well, 5:00 three important players, long injuries and Oscar Rodri and Kevin and sorry, does that inspire you more to does that ignite more hunger? We, we are there. So I, I don't have the feeling that the players sometimes we have to accept that the the, the the opponents make you a type of game that sometimes you handle it. Sometimes you are struggling a little bit. And today it happened. So compliment to congratulations to to Bormus for the for the game they played. They had chances the the first half, in the first minute, the first half, the first minute, the second-half. It is so we can really, really good save. But our momentum that we had even some chances in the first half and in the second, in the first 10-15 minutes, especially in the end, we had the chance to score two or three more goals, but they didn't happen. Also they have it as well. So and at the end we could not we could not win. You mentioned about players playing through the pain barrier. It seemed like you had quite a surprise to to see some of the players that were back today have the players taking it upon themselves to sort of make themselves available. They make an incredible effort because there are players that they are not in the best way and they make an incredible effort to to be here. So Mano Nathan were in in not in really good condition. So until the last moment, I didn't know Nathan could play and say, no, I want to try, I want to try. And that's why after 20I we decide to do an extra put it or maybe we need it. We need it for the next Tuesday in Lisboa. So, so that's why. But this is what it is during the season, sometimes there are seasons and time these kind of things happen more than the other ones. And we have to handle it. And people come back and, and and yeah, sooner or later the team will be back.