Guardiola: Qualifying for the Champions League is like winning the championship

Sports Weekly All Media Report

Manchester City defeated Fulham 2-0 away, finally won the third place and successfully retained a Champions League place. After the game, coach Guardiola said in an interview with BBC's "The Day Game": "We started very well and then controlled the pace of the game. The Champions League qualification is in our own hands, and we have completed our tasks. It was a difficult year, but we never gave up. I am very proud and satisfied with this team. Now we have to recover, and then next season will be better."

Guardiola added: "(Get the Champions League funding). It's like winning a championship because we've gone through a lot of difficulties. When you fall into a losing streak, you end up in 10th, 11th, 12th or 13th. This is the fate of all Premier League teams in November, December or January. When you can no longer compete for the league championship as before, people may say, 'I don't want to fight for another Europa League qualification', but we still play good games and always stay in the position of competing for the Champions League qualification , and finally succeeded in doing it. In the end, we ranked third, not much from Arsenal, but a big gap with Liverpool. We must improve next season, and hope we can do it."

Regarding Guardiola's statement that getting the Champions League qualification is "like winning the championship", Haaland also expressed his opinion, "It's not like winning the championship, but I understand what he means and agree with him. It's really important. This club must play the Champions League, I must play the Champions League , Pep also has to coach in the Champions League, so we are really relieved to be qualified now. We have experienced a very difficult period, but we have survived together. It was not easy, we showed a strong personality. Finally, we were relieved and really happy to finish third. Now we are focused on preparing for the Club World Cup in good condition. "

FA Cup final Haaland gave the penalty to Marmush to take the penalty, but the team missed the shot and failed to win the championship. When the penalty kick appeared again against Fulham, captain Ruben Dias took the penalty and seemed to be supervising to ensure that it was taken by Haaland. Habal said of the issue of having to take the penalty kick by himself, "Yes, I know." Regarding what the team needs to do in the future, Haaland said: "You can't win every year, no team has achieved four consecutive championships. We're third in the season, but Manchester City has won six league titles in the past eight years. If I were a Manchester City fan - I did - I wouldn't complain. Of course I hope we can win this year, but you can't win every year. Next season we will do our best to make it a better season."

At the post-match press conference, Guardiola also responded strongly to the British media's question about why Gallish was not selected for the roster. "Don't ask me about Jack (Grillish). Who said I was not satisfied with Jack? Rico (Lewis) did not play, McCarthy performed very well against Villa and Wolves. Why don't you ask me why he was not selected? This is not a personal question.

"I have 24 players, and I had to let 6 people lose the last game, and 5 people have to be eliminated in this game because Kovacic was sent off. I treat Jack like Husanoff, McCarty and other players who are not playing. But you said that there is a problem because I didn’t choose some people? That's not the case at all. I've considered Jack, Husanoff and McCarthy. Jack and I have no personal problems. I was the one who tried to bring him in the first place, and the one who tried to keep him this season and last season, and I was the one who said, ‘I want Jack Grelish’. He is not selected now because he is not selected, not for some other reason.

"What will happen in the future is what (director) Begilistan, Viana and the agents have to deal with. Jack has to play games, he is an incredible player, he has to play every three days. He has not done this season, nor has he last season. And he has to do it, whether it is in Manchester City or another team. It depends on Jack himself, his agent, and the club's decision. If he stays, that's great."