Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Football Club, attended the post-match press conference following their 1-1 draw with West Ham United.
With only eight matches remaining and trailing by nine points. What is your view on this situation? You previously stated that this match was a must-win.
Arsenal have clearly won most of their matches today. Can you still win the title? Or is it now already…
I said, yes, the situation has become more complicated. Yes, we won against Nottingham Forest before, so we had the initiative. Now it depends on them. Manchester City have one game in hand, and the subsequent (head-to-head) match will be played at Arsenal Football Club's home ground.
I'm not saying we are easy to beat, and I have always remained optimistic. I am full of confidence about being with our players next Tuesday. Reality will decide everything. But I will not go into Tuesday's match with the thought that "we have no hope".
I won't think about it—if there really is no hope left, probably (really no hope) in about half an hour or an hour later. Because they will be celebrating.
I will call Mikel Arteta to congratulate him. But since this is about to happen, we want to be part of it. Because, of course, we have a lot to do.
But many new players have left during this period, things like that. Also, the consistency we have maintained in the past, we haven't been able to achieve this season. So we can only go to Newcastle United Football Club for the FA Cup.
Look at Newcastle United Football Club. Look at how they performed against FC Barcelona. Look at their victory at Stamford Bridge today. I didn't watch the match. But beating Chelsea Football Club is not easy. Look at their momentum now.
We have beaten them four times before and played very well in the FA Cup. But after that, our form has been inconsistent. Over the past decade, that team, I mean Newcastle United Football Club, has always been stable.
We always found a way to win. This season, unexpectedly. At the beginning of the season, we performed much better than I expected.
But we haven't been able to be the spark at the end. You think, okay, now I'm going to win the match. Get three points.
That gives them confidence for the next match. But we can't do that.
