{"id":296384,"date":"2023-11-03T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296384"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:38:53","slug":"pep-guardiola-warns-manchester-uniteds-struggles-could-happen-to-any-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-warns-manchester-uniteds-struggles-could-happen-to-any-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola warns Manchester United\u2019s struggles could happen to any club"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe period they have now, we can have it. Nobody is away from these kind of situations. We won the game but that\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle in September, City had a rare midweek off this week, which allowed a large delegation to travel to Paris for Monday\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony, where they had seven players shortlisted after last season\u2019s treble-winning heroics.<\/p>\n
\nI have a lot of respect for Manchester United. The period they have now, we can have it. Nobody is away from these kind of situations<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Haaland was beaten to the main prize by Lionel Messi but took the Gerd Muller trophy as the main striker, while City were named club of the year.<\/p>\n
Asked if Haaland had been frustrated to miss out on the Ballon d\u2019Or itself, Guardiola said: \u201cI saw him so happy to be a contender, close to Messi, (Kylian) Mbappe and the rest. It was a good night for Manchester City.<\/p>\n
\u201cBig congratulations for Messi. Manchester City was there, it is so important because we have not been there many times. We were important there. (Haaland) has all his career ahead of him so he has to see it as a challenge and think he can be back there next year if he helps the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since returning to Manchester focus has shifted to Saturday\u2019s match against Bournemouth, an opportunity for City to go top, at least temporarily, with Arsenal at Newcastle later in the day and current leaders Tottenham not in action until they face Chelsea on Monday night.<\/p>\n
City start the weekend two points off the summit but Guardiola is not worrying about the table at this early stage of the campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery season is tougher from when I arrived,\u201d he said. \u201cBetter managers, better teams, but this is the challenge,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat is important is we are still there after 10 games. There are still 28 to play and there is a lot to happen, but the way we are playing we are getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cherries ended their long wait for a first Premier League win of the season with victory over Burnley last weekend and Guardiola said he enjoyed the style of Andoni Iraola\u2019s side and the way they approached Wednesday\u2019s Carabao Cup tie at home to Liverpool, a 2-1 defeat.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/p>\n\u201cOf course always after the win they are confident,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cThey competed really well against Liverpool. Andoni is an incredibly well-respected manager in Spain playing in an offensive style. They don\u2019t sit back.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Spain he is one of the youngest managers and joining the Premier League is an incredible success. Hopefully he will continue with a good performance.\u201d<\/p>\n