Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola has played the risk of manchester City for the Champions League as they prepare to face one of their opponents for a top spot in five at Premier League – But he called the position of the “not ideal” club.
The fourth city is a spot behind Nottingham Forest immediately above them before heading to the territory of the city on Saturday (12.30pm GMT), with Chelsea, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion all within three points of Cityzens.
“There are a lot of clubs struggling for this goal,” reflects Guardiola, adding that “will not be the end of the world” if the city fails to reach the Champions League For the first time since 2010/11.
“Everyone wants to be in the Champions League next season, for many reasons. If it doesn’t happen, it will be because we are not good enough and other teams are worth it.
“In the Premier League, in 38 lamps, it is quite fair. We are in a position that is not ideal but not bad enough. It’s in our hands and we’ll fight for it.”
Boss Guardiola of the city: Ola Aina “Excellent”
While a top finish in the Premier League will guarantee a place in the next season’s Champions League, an additional point seems likely to be awarded to the team ending Thursday due to England’s points, which were awarded on the way in which teams from each country run in European matches.
A player who will not be able to help the city push for the condition is defender Nathan Ake, who Guardiola expects to come out 10 to 11 weeks after a fracture surgery on his left foot suffered during the FA Cup of the Fa Cup of the Fifth Round.
The Spaniard had a high praise for a player city was connected to earlier this season, calling Forest Aina’s Ola Aina “an excellent player-a full-fell-back player on both sides.”
“It’s a natural team in the middle,” Guardiola added. “(Eliot) Andersen is a top player. They have a good goalkeeper (Matz sels) and experienced defenders.
“Four fronts create a lot of things for themselves- (Callum) Hudson (-odoi), (Anthony) Elanga, (Morgan) Gibbs-White, (Chris) Wood.”
His impact (abdukodir) Khusanov was really good … Vitor (Reis) was really good against Plymouth. Now, some central backs from the academy are coming to play with us. Some of the seniors may be ready for the Club World Cup. We are unlucky (with injuries), but the club … pic.twitter.com/Duq5pprbcq
– Manchester City (@mancity) 7 March 2025
Nottingham Forest vs Man City
The forest lost 3-0 in the city On December 4, he finished a journey with two races 0-0 at home at Arsenal on February 26th.
“When you are third with (11 leagues) games left. It’s because you’ve done really, really, really good,” Guardiola observed. “It’s impressive. I would say.
“They attach very well – they are really compact and aggressive and their transitions are really good. (They have) the long balls in the wood.”
