Guardiola: “Real Madrid? Now I’m thinking of Fulham”

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, told the media this Friday that he is still not thinking about the real Madrid (his rival in the semifinals of the Champions League, like a year ago, when the ‘citizens’ were left in the final), but, like his team, he is focused on achieving his fifth Premier in 6 seasons. He city He has never won the Champions League and lost the 2021 final against him Chelsea. Guardiola He achieved as a coach those in 2009 and 2011 at the head of Barcelonabut until now he still hasn’t been able to repeat even at Bayern nor with him city.

Guardiola said about him Arsenalwhere the city he won 4-1 last Wednesday: “He is still the leader. If the championship ends today, he will be champion. Anything is possible. Every week you can lose points.” The truth is that Arsenal has 2 more points than the team Guardiolabut the ‘citizens’ played two fewer games (the ones they had to play West Ham and Brightonso they rely on themselves to revalidate the Premier.

City visit Fulham this Sunday (Guardiola, whose only casualty was Nathan Aké, although the Dutch centre-back is doing well after his injury), while Arsenal await Chelsea on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola said in a press conference: “No, I still don’t think about Real Madrid. I usually only think about the next game and now we don’t have time to prioritize anything. Being champions (in the Premier League) is at a similar level to the Champions League so my attention now to Fulham, then to West Ham and then to Leeds. Premier is very good, very good. Then we will prepare for Real Madrid”.

The coach of City of Manchester thus determining victory over Arsenal and for the immediate future: “We are very happy with the last game and with how we played, but that’s all. I know there are not 20 games left, only 7, but they are 7 important games. Especially since we have Champions Mga league game in between” .