At 19:30 on September 28, the sixth round of the Premier League will see Newcastle vs. Manchester City. Before the match, Manchester City’s manager Pep Guardiola attended the press conference.
Guardiola said, “Newcastle is a very tough and strong team, especially when playing at home. We are ready for this battle. On behalf of Manchester City and all of us, we wish Newcastle CEO Darren Eales a speedy recovery (suffering from chronic blood cancer). I believe he will have the best doctors taking care of him and will recover with his family. I hope he can get through this because it is the most important thing.”
“As for Rodri’s replacement? Lewis and Kovacic are options, and we have some other choices as well. Gundogan can play in this position, Stones and Akanji can also play here, so we will have alternative solutions. I don’t know when De Bruyne will return. Maybe before or after the international break.”
“If we win, we will say that we still maintain good competitiveness without Rodri. But if we can’t win, then we will miss Rodri. In the past few years, we could cope without Rodri, and I am always that confident. Of course, with him, we are stronger, with Ake, we are stronger, with De Bruyne, we are stronger, and that’s a fact.”
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