Pep Guardiola hopes to end this year with a new review of the skills of Manchester City players who perform perfectly but without the Spa...
Pep Guardiola hopes to end this year with a new review of the skills of Manchester City players who perform perfectly but without the Spanish coach having any questions about breaking records in the Premier League.
Guardiola sighed Friday when he was asked during the press conference about the possibility of ending his 2017 team with an unforgettable final: "I always hear your talk about the numbers, especially the records, but that's just a result of what we're doing on the pitch. If Citi win Crystal Palace on Sunday in the final days of 2017, it will be the 19th straight victory in the Premier League, which will equal the record for successive victories in any of the top five leagues in Europe and the Bayern Munich In the 2013-2014 season.
As the man who oversaw Munich's standard run, this meeting will be another benchmark for Guardiola's quality and performance, which has not only turned the team into a winning machine, but a winning machine. It seems that the way the team makes its own achievements, not the record itself, is the catalyst for this typical performance by the Spanish coach.
Guardiola said: "I do not put records in my calculations, but what I care about is what we will do in front of Crystal Palace and four wonderful attack of the team. I am really impressed by what is being said. But we will lose points sooner or later and we will see how our reaction will be then. However, the idea of wasting City points seems more fanciful now and if they win on Sunday they will enter 2018 and top the table by at least 15 points, a figure that might interest Guardiola himself.
But what seems certain at this meeting is that Ballas will not play in a state of complacency as Newcastle United did under Rafael Benitez last Wednesday when he lost 1-0 thanks to City's extravagance in wasting chances. On the other hand, Palas looked much stronger against Arsenal before losing 3-2, a victory largely due to Alexis Sanchez's double.
