Pep Guardiola gives prickly interview after Man City's 2-1 victory over Burnley
Last Updated: 02/01/17 6:39pm
A clearly frustrated Pep Guardiola gave a prickly interview to Sky Sports' Rob Palmer after Manchester City's victory over Burnley on Saturday afternoon.
City, who left Sergio Aguero and David Silva on the bench, struggled in a first-half during which they lost Fernandinho for a two-footed lunge Johann Berg Gudmundsson, but they recovered to secure a valuable three points thanks to goals from Gael Clichy and substitute Aguero to move back up to third in the Premier League.
However, Guardiola was in no mood to discuss his side's 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium.
Here's the full transcript of the Spaniard's frosty interview...
Pep, your thoughts on the game…
Pep Guardiola: "We won. We are so happy."
Would you like to expand upon that?
PG: "No, it's enough."
It was an emotive day wasn't it for the players, for the fans and for the manager as well?
PG: "Yes, Happy New Year."
Expand upon that, tell me first of all about the red card. What were your thoughts on the red card?
PG: "You are the journalist. You can see it and you can explain it."
Well, I don't get paid to explain it. I get paid to ask you…
PG: "Me neither. I'm here to explain about the games and not the red cards and so on."
How did that change your thinking as a manager?
PG: "About what?"
How did having to play with 10 players change your thinking in the game?
PG: "We played an amazing second half."
How did you change your tactics given that you were a player down?
PG: "Instead of playing 4-4-1 we played 4-3-2 because we played with 10 men against 11 in a lot of circumstances."
You made two changes at half-time, when did you decide you were going to make those changes?
PG: "After the red card from Fernandinho."
Was it a mistake not to play Aguero and Silva from the start and make so many changes?
PG: "Sure, sure, my mistake. I made a big mistake, you are right."
But then did you turn it around by making a change?
PG: "I'm intelligent."
How did you enjoy it today? It obviously looks like it's been an emotive day for you…
PG: "Happy New Year. We won, we are so happy."
We'll leave it there, thank you.