Guardiola: There's a lot of harmony in the Manchester City squad right now, and I'm not going to be like Sir Alex Ferguson

Live bar on February 14, 04:00 Beijing time on February 16, the first leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City will play away against Portugal Sport, Guardiola was interviewed before the game, he said: Manchester City is now very harmonious, I will not become a figure like Sir Alex Ferguson.

On the desire to win the Champions League

It's not easy to build on last year's runners-up results and we're excited about the upcoming Champions League knockouts. I know how important the Champions League games are, but we're also serious about every game in the Premier League and in the last league we all saw how tough Norwich played.

Are you tired of being asked the question of "winning the Champions League"?

Whatever you want to ask, it won't bother me. This season's Champions League knockout rounds are about to begin, we are about to set foot on the field of Portugal, a new history is waiting for us to write, no matter what I think, the game is still played by the players on the field.

About losing last season's Champions League final

We lost that game at Leipzig when we were not mentally prepared. Manchester City are in good shape right now, we have to play with me as the main player, and tomorrow's match with Portugal Sport is no exception.

Does not win the Champions League mean defeat for Manchester City?

As a football coach, if you don't get good results, you get criticized, and if you can't accept that, you can do another job. We know what the outside world is asking of us, and I accept all criticism. Now I want to keep the team united, that's my main goal, and the rest of the work will be done by the players on the pitch.

Why is the atmosphere inside Manchester City different this season?

There are many reasons why we know each other better and have basically agreed on all the issues. Many people in the Manchester City squad have been working together for six seasons and we know each other very well, accept each other's strengths and weaknesses, and everyone is eager to play and fight.

On UEFA's transfer ban on Manchester City two years ago

In the end we proved our innocence, City played by the rules and we had to win what we wanted on the pitch.

Let's talk about the good atmosphere in Manchester City's dressing room right now

There has to be unity within the team, otherwise it's hard for us to win, and the club often comes in with new players, but it never brings unity to the team. Before every game the players are competing for the chance to play, after that they are still brothers, it is not easy because everyone wants to play.

Isn't the atmosphere in City's dressing room better now than when you coached Bayern and Barca?

The atmosphere in the dressing room when I coached Barca and Bayern was as good, I was an easy person to get along with, very easy to work with, and I could create a good working environment with everyone.

Is it possible for you to stay at Manchester City for 10-15 years?

I'm not going to be like Sir Alex Ferguson, but please don't worry, a year and a half is a long time for football. It is important that every day we are here, we go all out to work so that we don't have any regrets.

About Pedro Polo (Manchester City loaned player to Portuguese sport)

I know him well, but There are about two hundred and fifty players like that at City and I can't communicate with them all because I don't have the time and I'm very happy that he's had a good performance in the game lately.

Do you think there is a power gap between Manchester City and The Portuguese sporting teams?

The Portuguese league is an incredible league, we played with Porto last season and know how strong they are. Portugal has a good young player development mechanism, they have sent a lot of talent for Germany, England, Spain, Portugal Sports last season after many years to win the domestic league again, this season they beat Borussia Dortmund from the Champions League group, we have to pay attention to them.

What do you have to say about the head coach of the Portuguese sports team Reuben, who led the team to the 1/8 final of the Champions League for the first time?

Ruben has been a coach after retiring and now it looks like he's doing a good job and I think after Sport of Portugal are back in the Round of 16 in the Champions League after 14 years, he's going to be very excited, our two teams are about to play two rounds of knockouts, I think it's going to be two good games.

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