Guardiola: Obviously we are not a favorite to win the Champions League. We will gather with De Bruyne after the game tomorrow

At 3 a.m. on September 19, in the first round of the Champions League phase, Manchester City will play against Napoli at home. Before the game, Manchester City coach Guardiola attended the press conference and talked about the game.

Talking about this game against Naples -

I think this is a very difficult game. I admire Conte very much, and I respect him very much, and I will learn from him.

Talk De Bruyne returns to Manchester City home court -

Looking forward to meeting him, I think we will get together with him after the game, and we are of course happy that he returns to Etihad!

Talking about De Bruyne's performance in Naples -

This is not surprising, players of his level can adapt very quickly. De Bruyne has an incredible talent, passes the ball in the field of vision, assists and scores. He is a unique existence in the offensive third zone. He doesn't need much time to integrate into the team and perform well.

Talking about Donnarumma coming to Manchester City -

I want to say that in the past 10 years, we have all had very outstanding goalkeepers. Ederson performed very well before, and other goalkeepers have also helped us a lot.

Dona Roma is only 26 years old. He has been playing for many years. Of course, he is also a top goalkeeper.

The reporter asked another question about Haaland's stay or not - Haaland has signed a contract with the team for many years, and obviously he will be here. The injury situation of the team -

Kovasic is almost recovering, very close to playing in the game, and the other players are also pretty good.

Is Manchester City a favorite to win the Champions League this season?

Obviously we are not. We will enjoy the moment now and every game. We have been to this position in the past (Champions League), but only once, so it is not easy for us to come.

We will focus on the game to be played tomorrow, hoping to get a good start. You know when you start the game with a bad result, things will become more difficult. We tied with Inter last season and look forward to better results this season.

Our performance last season was ups and downs, but if we only looked at the performance of the last 15 to 20 games of the season, we were the best in the entire Premier League.

Talking about the team rotation issue -

We won't pick the game, we will only focus on the game itself, for example, we will go to Huddersfield (League Cup) next time, which is also a very important game. No matter what you want to do, you have to take every game seriously.

source:7m cn sport