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Guardiola ironic: Thank you very much to the Premier League
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the English club’s players have no time to celebrate after winning the European Super Cup.
Manchester City players won the European Super Cup, beating Sevilla in Athens after a penalty shootout with a total score of 6:5. The match ended without a winner after 90 minutes, 1:1.
“Tomorrow we will be even happier than today, now we will recover. There won’t be a drop of alcohol, we have to recover as much as we can. I am really happy that we won this trophy.
Now we only need one more to close the circle and collect all the trophies, which could happen in December when we play the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. I’m really, really happy.
I would like to thank the leaders of the Premier League once again from Greece, since they allowed us to play on Saturday, not Sunday or Monday. Thank you very much,” Guardiola said ironically.
Guardiola said that one of Manchester City’s best players in last night’s match, Cole Palmer, could soon leave the club. “I don’t know what will happen with him. I think he wants to leave Manchester.
Now I really don’t know what will happen, because I don’t think he will go on loan. Either he will stay at Manchester City or we will sell him by at the end of the transfer window. He played superbly against Sevilla,” said the manager of Manchester City.
After the triumph over Inter in the Champions League final and winning the triple crown, Manchester City players headed to Ibiza to celebrate the great success. Jack Grealish was the player who got the most drunk, the Englishman could not sober up for weeks.
Well, after last night’s victory over Sevilla in the European Super Cup, journalists asked Jack Grealish if there will be a new party. “No, no. Pep put a ban on it,” says the Englishman.
“Look, now we’re all going home, to bite something healthy and cool off.” We have a new game… what day is it today? We play again in three days, so the goal is to rest and think about the Premier League game.” He added: “Pep has made it clear how much Manchester City wants to win this trophy.
Now you can all see how much it means to us. The club has achieved great success, but we have been waiting for this trophy for a long time.”
City host Newcastle in the second round of the Premier League at the Etihad on Saturday night, which Guardiola is not keen on.
Given that the Citizens do not have any matches in the middle of next week, there was room for them to play the championship match on Sunday or, ideally, on Monday when other matches are on the schedule. Still, TNT Sports, the broadcaster that also broadcast the European Super Cup match, decided to get the ball rolling at the Etihad on Saturday.