Guardiola: It's not the best De Bruyne, I'm going to convince him that he can do better

Live Bar January 17 News In a previous Premier League game, Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 with De Bruyne to win 12 consecutive league games, 11 points ahead of Liverpool, who have one less game, and rank at the top of the table. In an interview with the club's official media after the match, the team manager Guardiola said that this was not the best De Bruyne and that he would push him to keep going.

Guardiola said: "It's not the best of him, but now he's in a much better situation, he gave everything in that game and scored a wonderful goal. I know how tough it is against Chelsea, they're going to defend all the space, we don't have an offensive passage and you have to be very patient and not concede goals in certain positions they're waiting for. ”

"After that, the most important thing is to have the ability to attack the three zones. De Bruyne and I have known each other for six seasons, and we wouldn't have been able to do all of this without him. But as a manager, my job is to ask for more and I want to get the players out of their comfort zone and make him believe he can do better. ”

"I think De Bruyne can do that and I want more because I know he can do it. It's great and I want De Bruyne to play better in certain moments and in certain games, so I have to push him and make demands on him because I know he can do it. ”

Speaking about the performance against Chelsea, Guardiola said: "After three consecutive losses to them – especially last season's Champions League final – being able to play our performance in these two games is the biggest compliment I can give to my players. In 180 minutes, we only had one shot on target against the European champions. ”

"We defended well, showed determination and we were going all out to win over this team. I would like to praise that because our opponents are very good and Tuchel is a very good coach who has always had really good players on the pitch and on the bench. ”

After 12 consecutive league wins, City are now 11 points ahead of second-placed Liverpool in the Premier League table, and for such a lead, Guardiola said: "It shows that we believe in what we do, no matter what happens, we will try to do what we want to do, we are constantly moving forward. ”

"Throughout the season, we have personal problems, the players are human, they also have their own families, they also have all kinds of problems. They're going to go through highs and lows and you need to deal with situations like that because the players are people too. Of course, I also have personal problems, but when we are on the pitch, we will do our best. ”

"The biggest achievement we have achieved is that the players are giving their all every game, otherwise in this league you would not have won 12 games in a row. It's impossible, and every week you can see how good your opponent is. ”

(Ma Dongyu)