Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has voiced his aid at not being in Manchester United’s place 9 locations beneath his facet within the Premier League.
The Cityzens are within the fifth and ultimate Champions League qualification place earlier than visiting Everton on Saturday (15:00 BST), whereas United are 17 factors again – the identical variety of factors as Ruben Amorim’s staff are above the relegation zone.
“We may very well be in a really, very (a lot) decrease place than we’re within the Premier League (when) you will have completed a couple of of the issues we’ve completed within the final 4 or 5 months,” mirrored Guardiola, who oversaw 9 defeats in 19 league matches between November and March, beginning with six losses in eight video games.
“We may very well be eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth or 14th. I don’t have any doubts of that. I take it like ‘OK, (we’ve) not been good’, however (qualification is) in our palms.”
“We may very well be in a a lot a lot decrease place within the Premier League… we may very well be twelfth or thirteenth or 14th!”😳🤐
Pep Guardiola thinks his Man Metropolis facet may very well be struggling within the league as a lot as Man United and Spurs are👀😅 pic.twitter.com/txEw5rfM1O
— Hayters TV (@HaytersTV) April 18, 2025
Guardiola: Champions League video games ‘good’
Guardiola stated he had “loved” this week’s Champions League quarter-final second legs, calling them “actually, very nice video games”.
With Metropolis knocked out within the league section play-offs, the Spaniard watched Paris Saint-Germain undergo at Aston Villa in a contest he discovered “improbable”, whereas the four-time winner of the competitors as a participant and coach additionally described Barcelona’s development at Borussia Dortmund “a superb sport”.
“I miss it, after all,” he added. “That is sport – generally you don’t carry out properly and also you don’t need to be (there).”
Will Man Metropolis be in Champions League?
Metropolis have been ever-present within the Champions League since 2011/12 however their prospects of extending that report are within the steadiness, with Chelsea and Villa some extent behind them with six league video games remaining.
“Hopefully, subsequent season we might be there and problem the massive, massive golf equipment in Europe higher than we’ve completed this season,” stated Guardiola, having seen Metropolis’s involvement in 2024/25 finish with a 6-3 combination defeat to Actual Madrid.
“It’s a motivation. It isn’t a nasty factor to combat to qualify for the Champions League. It’s simply six video games – we don’t have a lot time.”
PEP 💬 Phil (Foden) got here again Thursday and in the present day’s coaching session because the motion at Previous Trafford.
Manu (Akanji), sure, (he’s had) two or three coaching classes with us. I see him rather well. pic.twitter.com/QiE7no579z
– Manchester Metropolis (@Mancity) April 18, 2025
Man Metropolis accidents vs Everton
Guardiola stated midfielder Phil Foden had been “transferring properly” in coaching after gathering a knock in Metropolis’s 5-2 comeback residence win over Crystal Palace final Saturday.
Ederson is out with an harm sustained throughout that sport and Guardiola doesn’t know when the goalkeeper will return to competition.
Midfielder Rodri stays out, whereas defenders John Stones and Nathan Ake are “getting higher” however “not but” prepared, in response to their supervisor.
Prime scorer Erling Haaland is but to renew coaching following a foot harm. Guardiola stated the striker’s return is not going to be in “the subsequent video games”.
Pep Guardiola says goalkeeper Ederson will miss tomorrow’s sport at Everton and Erling Haaland stays out with an ankle harm 🚨 pic.twitter.com/B0cQJol2TL
— Sky Sports activities Information (@SkySportsNews) April 18, 2025
Everton vs Man Metropolis
Everton recorded probably the greatest outcomes of their marketing campaign final Saturday, profitable 1-0 at Nottingham Forest, who’re two factors above Metropolis.
The Toffees’ solely defeat of their final 12 league matches was at leaders Liverpool, though 5 of their final seven have been attracts.
Everton haven’t received the fixture of their final 16 makes an attempt however Haaland is the one participant to have scored away for Metropolis within the league since their win at doomed Ipswich City on January 19.
Egypt striker Marmoush is awaiting his first league away purpose however has 4 targets and an help in his final 5 appearances and struck the winner at Bournemouth within the FA Cup quarter-finals.
PEP 💬 Goodison Park is so particular, like previous conventional stadiums in England from the previous.
(You) go to Fulham, Villa Park, you are feeling the particular environment. (It’s a) a pleasant place to go, a troublesome considered one of course however good. pic.twitter.com/OHkpYVkPTV
– Manchester Metropolis (@Mancity) April 18, 2025
Goodison Park ‘troublesome’ for Manchester Metropolis
Metropolis will go to Everton’s Goodison Park for the ultimate time earlier than their opponents transfer to their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
“(It) is so particular, like lots of the previous conventional stadiums in England from the previous,” Guardiola stated of Everton’s residence since 1892.
“Go to Fulham, Villa Park – you are feeling the particular environment. It’s a pleasant place to go – troublesome, however good. The golf equipment develop and I’m fairly certain the brand new stadium can be be extra comfy.”
