‘We’ve had 40 unhealthy days in eight years’

Pep Guardiola says Manchester Metropolis’s unhealthy run of kind have to be put into context as he prepares for one more powerful journey to tackle Aston Villa.

Guardiola has guided Metropolis to the final 4 Premier League titles, and 6 of the final seven.

This season although has seen a run of 1 win in 11 matches as Metropolis have fallen to fifth within the league desk, under Nottingham Forest and two factors forward of Villa.

Guardiola mentioned: “I deal with the great moments, I deal with the unhealthy moments. I’ve unhealthy ones in my profession as a supervisor however we have been in a position to come again and now it takes longer.

“I take expertise with that. I’ve had 40 days of unhealthy days by way of outcomes, that’s the fact while you evaluate to eight years which is significantly better. There was eight years of unimaginable [results] and now we now have 40-45 days of [bad results].

PEP 💬 Manuel [Akanji] and John [Stones] are again in coaching. That’s good for us…

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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) December 20, 2024

“I’m wonderful. I’m a standard particular person with emotions like all of us. When a state of affairs goes effectively we’re higher and when it’s not going effectively professionally we’re extra [focused] on what we now have to do.”

Villa completed fourth final season and have juggled one other problem at a top-four end with a formidable Champions League marketing campaign that has seen wins over Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig.

Guardiola says their success below Unai Emery has come as no shock.

“I’m not stunned,” he mentioned. “High, glorious supervisor. [They had good success] qualifying for the Champions League and the ends in the Champions League they communicate for themselves.

“They’re dealing with it effectively as a result of when I’ve been in lots of golf equipment dealing with each competitions, they’ve carried out very well.”