{"id":42872,"date":"2026-03-07T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:04:28","slug":"man-city-arent-a-complete-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42872","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Man City aren’t a complete team’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pep Guardiola knows Manchester City are not a “complete team” but he is convinced they can still overhaul Arsenal in the Premier League title race.<\/p>\n

Guardiola’s side suffered a damaging blow when they were held to a 2-2 draw by lowly Nottingham Forest in midweek.<\/p>\n

Second-placed City are seven points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, although they have a game in hand and host the Gunners in April.<\/p>\n

City have bounced back from disappointing results countless times during Guardiola’s glittering tenure.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard expects them to do so again against Newcastle in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday, but he conceded his expensively rebuilt team are still a work in progress.<\/p>\n

“Normally we react well. We have the ability to forget quick. We are not a complete team to compete, that is the reality, we are in the process of many changes,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But if we can learn quicker, still nothing is lost, we can arrive in the last month with the chances.<\/p>\n

“But I’m pretty sure next season will be better. I don’t have doubts about that.”<\/p>\n

Guardiola’s reference to next season, the final year of his current contract, offers another indication he intends to remain at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n

There has been repeated speculation he could leave this summer after a decade in charge, although he said in December that he wanted to stay.<\/p>\n

The Newcastle tie doesn’t kick off until 2000 GMT, which is something Guardiola has mixed feelings about.<\/p>\n

It allows for extra recovery time after the Forest game, but shortens preparation for Wednesday’s Champions League last 16 first leg trip to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

“Recovery is massively important. Rest, sleep, food, training, we know how to handle it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Of course when we arrive early at home it’s better than late for the recovery, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n

“For here in England it is more important what happens in the League Cup than Champions League games for English teams<\/p>\n

“I don’t ask for anything and if we to play at 8pm, we’re going to play at 8pm.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola knows Manchester City are not a “complete team” but he is convinced they can still overhaul Arsenal in the Premier League title race. Guardiola’s side suffered a damaging blow when they were held to a 2-2 draw by lowly Nottingham Forest in midweek. Second-placed City are seven points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}