Guardiola reminds team to stay focused and avoid complacency

2023-05-01 11:54

Guardiola reminds team to stay focused and avoid complacency

Guardiola has urged Manchester City to avoid complacency after knocking Arsenal off the top of the Premier League table with a narrow 2-1 win over Fulham.


In this game, Haaland and Alvarez each scored a goal to give Manchester City a point ahead of Arsenal, but Manchester City was under a lot of pressure in the second half. Guardiola was concerned about fatigue after a grueling campaign and was delighted with the win over Fulham.


Guardiola reminded the team to stay focused. On Tuesday, Arsenal host Chelsea and they can be on top again. City host West Ham on Wednesday, already a game ahead of Arsenal.


Guardiola: "I don't think our opponents will drop too many points. This is our best mentality. We must be humble enough to accept that every game, especially the away game, will be as intense as today. Wednesday will be the test. Arsenal We have a game on Tuesday, we have a game on Wednesday. Now we have one game more than Arsenal, we will have one more game than them on Tuesday."

Guardiola reminds team to stay focused and avoid complacency

Haaland 's penalty made him the first top-flight player to score 50 goals in a single season in all competitions since 1931 . The player missed a penalty against Bayern Munich earlier this month but he also equaled Andy Cole ( 1993-94 ) and Alan Shearer ( 1994-95 ) for 34 league goals in a single season Goals scored.


"I know Winston Churchill wasn't even Prime Minister when Haaland broke today's record, it was a long time ago. I really admire him for scoring the penalty."


Guardiola was also delighted that Alvarez took over from Kevin De Bruyne, saying that Alvarez has been helping them and giving his all every time he plays.