“The same thing is happening with Guardiola as it is with Ancelotti…”

Cesc Fabregas (Arenys de Mar, 1987) his answer was interrupted for a moment because the Chelsea is about to score Arsenal. The game was quiet, his Arsenal won the ‘Blues’ 3-1 and he leaned back in a chair in the press room of emirates stadium beside Patrick Scallopanother ‘Gunners’ legend.

Cesc is not losing hope and believes they can still win the league. He didn’t care either ‘Negreira’ casedon’t even believe that Pep Guardiola’s Champions League drought can be classified as failure. The midfielder, one of the best in the history of premier league and from Spain, he attends EFE and As to deal with current affairs, while Arsenal take advantage of the last chances to win the league.

Question: Are you sure this Arsenal can still win the Premier?

Answer: Yes man, they should trust. You know how football works, a lot happens. The city was involved in the semifinals of the Champions League against Real Madrid, in the FA Cup final. They can lose some points, the most important thing is that Arsenal does not regret at the end of the season losing points in games like the one today or against Newcastle, or against Brighton. That would be the worst, seeing that the City has been punctured and your mind broken. That wasn’t taken advantage of because you lost one game or tied another. I think the important thing is there, in the hands of the City, but you have to wait for a puncture.

Q: Are Arsenal under pressure at the top and the league is so close?

A: It’s hard to know why things happen sometimes. Something similar happened to us in 2008. We were fighting for the league with United… For the youngsters, whatever, because they know how to play those games better at the end of the season, well , you will lose. Maybe this is what happened this year. The good thing is that they have a team for the future, to win things if they stay together above all else. What happened to us, we gradually left, we were no longer in the same team. When there’s so much change it’s hard to keep winning.

If they keep this team, playing the way they play, with Mikel, they will definitely win in the future.

Q: The semifinals with Madrid didn’t really exist and you got along with Guardiola at Barcelona. Twelve years without winning the Champions League, are you surprised by the drought you’ve had?

A: It is that winning the Champions League is very difficult. I’ve won everything in football and I’ve never won the Champions League, so you can see how difficult it is. It is a competition where the best in the world, with a lot of quality and you can see it in the matches. You watch an Italian league game and you see a Champions League game… And you see this. There are the best players, the best coaches…

It is very difficult, because even the best do not always win. The season that Chelsea won, when Tuchel arrived it looked like they would hit a year like today. And they finally won the Champions League. Structure everything a little and they won the Champions League. Sometimes unpredictable things happen, but normally the Champions League must be won by one of the best, that’s why Madrid has won so many, that’s why City reached the semifinals, Barça, Bayern, Juve, they’re always there.

Q: That’s why even if Guardiola loses in the Champions League, he is not a failure.

A: That also happens because he is a very good coach, who has won a lot, who has had good teams. Ultimately, when people see you as good, they believe that you will always win. This is football and the same will happen to Ancelotti, if he doesn’t reach the final this year, after winning I don’t know how many. The better you are, the higher the pressure and that’s what happens with Pep.

Q: Are you surprised by the Negreira case?

A: As a Barcelona player we know nothing about the players. We were surprised like everyone else, with reports and all that, but hey, until something is proven, what they are talking about, that could influence the league, I can’t say anything, but I highly doubt it.