Guardiola svarer tidligere United-profil igen: Mit Barcelona smadrede dit Manchester United
Pep Guardiola blev tidligere på ugen kritiseret af en tidligere Manchester United-spiller, der ikke mente, at manageren lader sine spillere visere personlighed i hans måde spille fodbold på.
"The answer is so easy - it's the same character and personality that we lost in Madrid in the last few minutes," Guardiola told reporters.
"A specialist former player, like Berbatov and Seedorf, Patrice Evra and these type of people, they weren't there.
"I played against them and when I played against them I didn't see this kind of personality when we [Barcelona] destroyed them in the Champions League final vs Manchester United.
"It's the same character and personality. We don't have personality because we concede two goals in two minutes when we had two chances to score and we don't have personality.
"After the last four games, we scored 22 goals, we have incredible personality. I'm sorry but I completely disagree about this.
"Personality is what we have done in the last five years, every three days in all competitions. This is important.
"Maybe Liverpool win all four titles, maybe they win just one, I don't know but you say they don't have personality, character, they didn't do an incredible season?
"Even when they lost the Premier League by one or two points against us, they didn't have a bad season? They don't have character or personality?
"Of course they have, of course they are good. Sometimes football happens. You cannot control it, emotion, many things. When we are constantly arriving in latter stages, semi-finals, finals last four or five years.
"The answer is so easy - it's the same character and personality that we lost in Madrid in the last few minutes," Guardiola told reporters.
"A specialist former player, like Berbatov and Seedorf, Patrice Evra and these type of people, they weren't there.
"I played against them and when I played against them I didn't see this kind of personality when we [Barcelona] destroyed them in the Champions League final vs Manchester United.
"It's the same character and personality. We don't have personality because we concede two goals in two minutes when we had two chances to score and we don't have personality.
"After the last four games, we scored 22 goals, we have incredible personality. I'm sorry but I completely disagree about this.
"Personality is what we have done in the last five years, every three days in all competitions. This is important.
"Maybe Liverpool win all four titles, maybe they win just one, I don't know but you say they don't have personality, character, they didn't do an incredible season?
"Even when they lost the Premier League by one or two points against us, they didn't have a bad season? They don't have character or personality?
"Of course they have, of course they are good. Sometimes football happens. You cannot control it, emotion, many things. When we are constantly arriving in latter stages, semi-finals, finals last four or five years.
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Pep Guardiola har fået meget kritik for ikke at have formået at vinde Champions League, siden han stoppede som træner i FC Barcelona.
Netop den kritik blev endnu engang genoptaget, da Manchester City fornyligt blev slået ud af den prestigefyldte turnering efter et sent comeback fra Real Madrid.
De udtalelser svarede den spanske manager dog tilbage på fredag, da han stillede op til et pressemøde forud for Manchester Citys kamp i weekenden.
– Tidligere spillere som Berbatov, Seedorf, Patrice Evra og de slags spillere, de var der ikke (til kampen, red.).
– Jeg har spillet imod dem, og da jeg gjorde det, der så jeg heller ikke deres helt specielle personlighed. Mit Barcelona ødelagde dem i Champions League-finalen imod Manchester United.
– Det er den samme karakter og personlighed (som Guardiolas spillere har, red.) Vi har ingen personlighed, fordi vi lukker to mål ind på to minutter, når vi inden havde to chancer til at score. Så har vi ikke personlighed.
– De sidste fire kampe har vi scoret 22 mål, vi har en fantastisk personlighed. Undskyld mig, men jeg er helt uenig i det, siger Pep Guardiola?
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Manchester Citys næste kamp i weekenden er imod West Ham på udebane, hvor Pep Guardiolas mandskab med en sejr kan spille sig millimeter fra det engelske mesterskab.
Kampen mellem Manchester City og West Ham spilles søndag den 15. maj klokken 15:00 på London Stadium.
