Guardiola articles

  • A privilege to fight for Man City treble again, says Guardiola

    Pep Guardiola said Manchester City are in a privileged position to be fighting to defend a treble of trophies after beating Luton 5-1 to go top of the Premier League on Saturday.Last season, City became only the second English side to win the treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
  • ‘We have to punish them’: Guardiola rallies City for Real Madrid reunion

    Manager says teams similar level despite City’s 5-1 win last yearHosts ask permission to close stadium roof for vocal atmospherePep Guardiola wants Manchester City to “hurt and punish” Real Madrid in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu, with the hosts asking Uefa’s permission to close the stadium roof to ensure as vocal an atmosphere as possible.City knocked Real out of last year’s semi-finals 5-1 on aggregate, which included a 4-0 hammering of Carlo...
  • ‘No regrets’: Guardiola proud that City did ‘everything’ despite European exit

    Guardiola admits Real Madrid ‘a little bit better’ in shootout‘Football is about scoring goals they are in the semi-finals’Pep Guardiola claimed he had “no regrets” after Manchester City’s dream of a ­double-treble ended in the heartbreak of a 4-3 penalty shootout defeat to Real Madrid on a night when Arsenal also crashed out of the Champions League, their 1-0 loss at Bayern Munich consigning them to a 3-2 aggregate defeat.City came from behind in their quarter-final second leg at the ­Etihad...