Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola on Friday revealed his footballing philosophies as his club inches closer to securing the English Premier League title on Saturday.
Guardiola who spoke after stepping into the Sky Sports Match Zone explained why he is so desperate for his players to keep passing the ball over short distances and also revealed his thoughts on switching his defensive system next season.
According to him "I think when teams are able to make short passes of four or five metres, you lose the risk to lose the ball. If you play long passes of 15 or 20 metres and the players are not together in position, then even if you are faster you cannot win the second ball. We try to pass the ball because we believe the players are football players to play with the ball and we try to let them enjoy [being] with the ball."
On the performance of Kevin De Bruyne he said
"He has achieved, this season, an extraordinary level. In terms of continuity, it is not just a good performance, it is every single game during three days. He is the guy who always runs the most and he is one of the more talented players we have in England in our team. In terms of how aggressive he goes and how much intensity he has, when one of the best players does that, the others have to follow him. He is a guy who is never injured and a guy who always wants to play and has more energy to keep going. He is a huge competitor."
Speaking on whether the club can improve he said
"In football you can always do better, no doubt about that. It's not the manager's job to help 11 players to be better, it's to help 19 or 20 players. We have made mistakes and the nice thing is we can do better when that has happened. We will try."
