I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.
— Pep Guardiola
I thank Manchester City for giving me the opportunity to train these amazing players.
When Klopp speaks about his football being heavy metal, I understand completely. It is so aggressive. For the fans, it is really good.
What happens in the Premier League is that when they arrive in the area, they punish you.
You know what happens in all the big companies and business in the world. If something doesn't work, you have to find a solution.
I don't understand the lack of respect for amazing players when people say they are not good enough for me.
I come here to be coach of Manchester City and train these players. That's the reason I am here.
It is one of the best clubs in the world by far. I'm loving Manchester City.
We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.
When you are 10 points behind, you have to be focused just on the next game.
I want to play the football I feel.
I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the ball is more in the air than the grass, and I have to adapt.
Our job is to convince guys that our way is the best way to cross the road. The tactics and training and facilities are important, but I still have to convince you.
I am here to change anything. I'm here to adapt. The critieria between a yellow and red card. What is a foul and what is not.
Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.
That unpredictable game here in England, that makes it so fascinating for the fans, because you never know what will happen.
I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.
I don't want players who don't want to stay.
I enjoy every day in Manchester. I am confident we can make a step forward to make people proud of us.
Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.
Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.
For the last decade, the last 50 years, Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.
It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.
At the end of the day, it's my players play against their players, and the end of the day, that's what's important.
I want to feel I can help the club to believe they are good, and I want to feel the fans knowing the team is good. Sometimes you don't believe that because in the past, you have not won as many titles like the other ones.
If you want to win, you have to beat the big teams in Europe, and Juventus are awesome.
I feel what I feel, and in the Premier League, there are some special things, but the pitch is the same. What I believe is good and will be good.
At Barcelona, I had the best players ever, and they helped me to be a successful manager.
What I have to do to make sure I don't lose some games in a row; I don't know.
I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
For my experience, my family. I will always be grateful for the people who brought me here.
I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do.
In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.
A perfectionist? That's part of my job.
I want happiness for the players.
From my point of view, I always want to fight until the end of my last chance.
In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.
We have to cut out some of our mistakes, but the main thing in English football is controlling the second ball. Without that, you cannot survive.
Barcelona are special in the way they play. They're a machine.
The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.
I am grateful to be here, and I will always be grateful for the opportunity Manchester City gave me.
I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.
To score four times against an Italian team when you trail 2-0 is a big deal.
I want to win games; I don't want to lose games.
It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.
In Barcelona, Bayern Munich, in Spain and Germany we were able to do it. But people say, 'You only did it because you were in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. You will not be able to do it in England.' So, let's do it. We are going to try.
I try to be positive. I speak to my players about how we have to play, respect the rules. What I have done is always be positive.
You can win ten times, and then you are not able to win five times. I have to discover the reason why, and I am going to find that.
Will I be a success? I don't know.
Alexis Sanchez would fit in any team in the world.
