Managers are not magicians – Guardiola on Man City revival

Pep Guardiola, the manager, claims there hasn’t been a magic spell to restore the side after the “fog” has lifted at Manchester City.

A tense 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, with the late goal from Rayan Cherki, gave them a chance to regain their top spot in the Premier League.

City are currently just two points behind after winning by 2-1 over Brighton.

After winning the previous four titles, they finished third last season, 13 points behind champions Liverpool.

Their season was derailed by one win in 13 games, including five straight defeats between October and November, and they also lost to Real Madrid in the knockout play-offs, which was their first exit in 12 years.

Managers are not magicians, according to Guardiola, who decide what they do and how they click their fingers until the details are clear.

“Sometimes you need a break. How many times did I judge and criticize the club last season?

Guardiola, who travels with his team to Sunderland on January 1st, had several discussions with his squad during the summer’s Club World Cup, and believes the solution was made there.

He claimed that the reason we went to Al Hilal was that we were so good there. I said to myself, “OK, go on holidays,” but I was offended because we were good with the guys’ training and the competition.

Everyone was content when we arrived in Boca Raton, which is directly opposite the beach. We had numerous dinners and discussions [about] what we need to do next season. What must we accomplish. We simply wanted to live it out for a long time.

We turned around and said something about the conversation between Pep [Lijnders] and James [French] and Manel [Estiarte], Hugo [Viana], Txiki [Begiristain]. [Something] you can feel.

“Energy, energy, energy” It was lost last season. We began to compete and train better.