Man City boss Pep Guardiola, speaking to Sky Sports after Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa: “I’m really happy. We’re in the last four in the last five games and beat a Champions League contender for qualification.
“Aston Villa is a team to the last man, one of the top teams in Europe. We played really good. We were aggressive in our duels – the back four was unbelievable.
“Football is emotion. For the fans, players, we have a lot of pressure for the club to go to the Champions League.
“The players behave unbelievably – we are so pleased.
“The season has been bad. It happens. Sometimes you have bad seasons. The level of the teams [in the Premier League] is outstanding.”
On Matheus Nunes’ late winner: “The action from Jeremy Doku – he can create something with his pace. He had right players in the box.”
Did you know?
- City scored their latest match-winning Premier League goal at Etihad Stadium (93:21) since November 2022 against Fulham (94:34).
- Matheus Nunes scored only his second goal in his 76 Premier League appearances, after April 2023 for Wolves against Chelsea.
- Kevin de Bruyne created six chances in this match, with no other player creating more than two. It was the 60th time he has created 5 or more chances in a single Premier League game – the most times on Opta’s records (from 2003-04).
- City have conceded 22 goals at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League this season – only in 2003-04, their first season at the ground, have they conceded more goals in a campaign (24).
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Man City boss Pep Guardiola, speaking to Sky Sports after Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa: “I’m really happy. We’re in the last four in the last five games and beat a Champions League contender for qualification.
“Aston Villa is a team to the last man, one of the top teams in Europe. We played really good. We were aggressive in our duels – the back four was unbelievable.
“Football is emotion. For the fans, players, we have a lot of pressure for the club to go to the Champions League.
“The players behave unbelievably – we are so pleased.
“The season has been bad. It happens. Sometimes you have bad seasons. The level of the teams [in the Premier League] is outstanding.”
On Matheus Nunes’ late winner: “The action from Jeremy Doku – he can create something with his pace. He had right players in the box.”
Did you know?
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City scored their latest match-winning Premier League goal at Etihad Stadium (93:21) since November 2022 against Fulham (94:34).
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Matheus Nunes scored only his second goal in his 76 Premier League appearances, after April 2023 for Wolves against Chelsea.
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Kevin de Bruyne created six chances in this match, with no other player creating more than two. It was the 60th time he has created 5 or more chances in a single Premier League game – the most times on Opta’s records (from 2003-04).
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City have conceded 22 goals at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League this season – only in 2003-04, their first season at the ground, have they conceded more goals in a campaign (24).
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