Guardiola: O Reilly withstood Salah s pressure and Tuchel made a wise move to recruit him

Hupu News on November 10th Premier League, Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool. After the game, Manchester City coach Guardiola attended the press conference.

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Yes, that's exactly the case. I don't want to go against my heart, let's put it that way. I love the possession and passing game, that's our style.

I don't want to give up my principles - press high and regain the ball as soon as possible; I hope to see the team connect through short passes, and then let those players who have the ability to break through and attack one-on-one to play their role. This is what we want to do.

In the first half, they performed very, very well on both offense and defense. Of course, the threat of opponents running deep is always a potential risk and we have experience with this. As for the second half, football games are always about fighting - I always mentioned in quick interviews, fighting, fighting, fighting again.

Our core idea is to win the ball back to teammates through fighting during defense, but fighting during offense is equally important: not losing the ball when in possession, and being able to hold on to the ball and pass one more shot when being pressed. This is what we have emphasized repeatedly in the past two or three days. In the first 5 to 10 minutes of the second half, we frequently conceded goals ourselves, which made the situation difficult.

Midfielders Jeremy Doku and Ryan Shirkey both encountered challenges, and it was especially difficult for Ryan - the opponent's defensive focus made the space on the left larger and the space on the right compressed. But Bernardo and the backline players stood their ground and held on to their advantage, which was really good.

I am so happy to win this game. The players gave me an incredible gift - beating our most important opponent. I really want to thank the players and coaching staff. In the years I have been coaching, it means a lot to win against the defending champion at the 1,000-game milestone.

It’s always a pleasure to play against them. Looking at such outstanding players as Virgil (Van Dijk), Robertson, and Szoboszlai, I hope there will be more such duels in the future. Pep Lijnders (Liverpool assistant coach) is now the epitome of Jurgen (Klopp) because he was there for so long.

My kids are here tonight and it's a really special night.

About Salah

For many years, Salah has been our nightmare, he always punishes us. His speed is so deadly, and that's what we've been focusing on.

We cannot be too conservative when dealing with him, we must take the initiative, and the team's cooperation is crucial - every time Salah gets the ball, there are always one, two or even three players on him, and our center backs, Jeremy, Bernardo, and Phil Foden will all fill in in time to prevent him from having a chance to play calmly one-on-one.

This is the result of the joint efforts of the whole team. The performance on the defensive end is really, very good, especially in the first half.

About O'Reilly

Nico really made a breakthrough. At the end of the day, players have to prove themselves against top wingers, and there is no better test opponent than Salah, and Nico withstood the pressure well. Tuchel was wise and saw Nico's strength, so he recruited him into the national team.

He had not been selected for the England team before, but Tuchel discovered his value-he has many excellent qualities, especially his aggression and intensity when fighting. He has always played the No. 8 or No. 10 position in the youth training. Now in this position, his performance in set pieces and defensive efforts are very eye-catching. I am very satisfied with his performance.

About Doku

To be honest, Jeremy will never be a top shooter, but he is always asking himself to become better. He listens and has a unique talent - dribbling. Liverpool’s right-back Connor Bradley, I’m very impressed with him.

Linders has praised this young man to me many times, and he has all-round abilities. I saw him defend against Vinicius against Real Madrid, and Vinicius is world-class. And Doku performed very well when facing him this time. He fought hard without the ball, and we tried our best to provide him with support. His performance in this game was so impressive.