Pep Guardiola sends pointed message to Man City critics ahead of Everton clash

As Manchester City gets ready to play again in the Premier League against Everton, Pep Guardiola has stated that his opponents should be wary of writing his team off. Guardiola won his 14th major trophy as manager on Friday night when City defeated Fluminense 4-0 to win the Club World Cup. Tomorrow night, the Etihad club will play again at Goodison Park against Everton.

Despite being considerably behind Sean Dyche’s team in the Premier League standings, City’s victory in the Middle East makes them the first team in the league to win the title, Champions League, FA Cup, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup all in the same year.

Speaking before of his team’s trip to Goodison, nevertheless, Guardiola emphasized that he is still motivated by those who wish for him to fail. “This is the business,” he declared. You are nothing, zero, when you lose. They want you to fail more than ever, no matter how much you succeed.

“I’ve felt that since day one in Barcelona, that people are waiting. ‌What we have won, the titles, is unbelievable – and the people say, ‘How good they play, the methodology, how genius it is.’

“But it is because I won. They don’t understand anything about what we do, but they give credit just because we win.

You need to seek in more places than that. There will undoubtedly be misgivings when you lose, but that is part of the appeal. That’s alright. Again, cast doubt on us. We’ll watch and see.

The City manager went on, “We give it another go. Try again, without trying to win five titles. The best athletes rapidly forget their accomplishments.

“There’s a day to rejoice, but you have to try again since there’s another competition soon. Although we must repeat what we have done, we will still be satisfied with the results.

“I never begin a season with the mindset, ‘How many titles can we win?'” Never, ever. It’s a terrible strategy. Goodison Park is next. There is nothing and nothing more than that.”

Guardiola said, “I’ve always had incredible players,” before finishing. I’ve told the guys that defeating Inter Milan and not Istanbul is the reason we are here.

“We are here because we lost to Lyon, Monaco, Liverpool, and Tottenham.” It’s because we lost both the Champions League final match against Chelsea and the match against Madrid in the last seconds.

“It hurt then, but it doesn’t hurt now.” That aided us and enabled us to triumph over Inter Milan. It’s a procedure. It was new to us, but the large, enormous clubs were used to it.

“We now think we can succeed everywhere we try. It’s not as simple as “bring Pep here and it happens instantly.” It’s a procedure. We were quite disappointed when we came to the end of our eight years on the job, but that’s a part of life and a part of sports.