The best gift for Guardiola in his 500th match: “We feel relief”

In his 500th game as coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola achieved victory this Sunday (0-2 against Leicester) was important to start the reaction, but later insisted that his team had “no chance” of winning a fifth Premier League in a row.

SA Guardiola, whose name was chanted by the ‘citizen’ fans (“we have Guardiola, we have Guardiola”, they sang) who traveled to Leicester, He breathed a sigh of relief after he did city This will end a streak of 5 games without a win in all competitions. The champion of England won 0-2 matches Leicester, the second victory for the ‘citizen’ in 14 games, the worst streak of his career as a coach. At the end of the match, and after hugging the coach, Erling Haaland indicated in pep to go to the followers.

He Liverpool, leader of the Premier, lost a few hours later this Sunday by 0-5 to West Hamwhere the City, now fifth, remains 14 points behind the ‘reds’, with a pending match, the derby against Everton.

“We are very far from winning the Premier League. “We accept that there is no possibility of that, but we have other things to fight for,” he said. Guardiola. The coach of city He explained how he and his players were feeling: “Relief, that’s the word to express what we all feel.”

And, about the fight against Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester, Pep He assured: “It is not the perfect performance, but I hope that the victories will improve our mood… I hope that in the new year we can recover a little from this bad moment.”

For the first time in a long time, Guardiola He had a genuine smile on his face after the final whistle when he came over to hug his players and applaud the fans. city present at the King Power Stadium.

Guardiola He achieved 362 victories in his 500 matches (with 63 draws and 75 losses) at the head of city, where he achieved 18 titles. He is the most successful coach in the history of the ‘citizen’. “The players gave me a great gift today to celebrate these 500 games,” he said. Guardiola.