Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spoken of motivating his players after last season's Treble.
Guardiola admits he leans on the small margins between victory and defeat to keep his players focused.
He said at a function in Italy last night: “I want to be loved. Everything we do is to be loved, I fight for that every day. They have to fight among themselves, I don't care, it's a business but the performance must be at its best.
"Then you lose: never mind, you win next week. Now we've won the Treble, what do we do? Do we work hard at it or do we try to win or do we sit back and see how good we were when Lukaku missed from two metres? Or when Courtois stopped him with his studs."
“We train to get to the match well. I saw many players who trained well and then took it out on themselves. We eat well, we work well, then the match arrives. Do you want to go dancing until 4 with your girlfriend? Very good, but you have to arrive well. I notice it, it's a fight between them. Don't those who are talented run and let others do it? No, it doesn't work like that."
Renacdkpr
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For those of you who didn’t understand Pep’s analogy, go back and watch the entire match again. He was referring to the clear chances Lukaku had and missed all of them as if he didn’t practice for the game. Indeed he was acknowledging the fact that Lukaku definitely practiced hard but failed to score those crucial chances. So at this point Pep feels like his players need to play just like they prepare for their games ( very hard) .. PEACE OUT !
ChelseaSpecialist
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Lukaku reaction [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]👇👇
Bazbcmuz
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People are really calling Pep a racist here?😐 Come on he means UCL final when Lukaku's missed tapin helped City and City got lucky.He means they shouldn't rely on luck.Just think for a moment and stop using race card 24/7.