In his new role as a UEFA Technical Observer, former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was on duty at Manchester City's Champions League win at FC Copenhagen this week.
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Pep Guardiola banged his hand on the table to emphasise his point for him.
The Manchester City manager said that he could not fully articulate what made him think it, but in his opinion his team is alive and fighting. He is seeing more of them than anyone else, and more and more of what he is seeing he is liking.
So high are the standards and expectations around City that a few poor results can appear like a huge drop-off, and there was plenty of concern around one win in six Premier League games before they went off to the Club World Cup. However, dropped points from teams around them have kept them in the race and three straight wins after Christmas see them five points off leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.
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The Blues are also through to the last-16 of the FA Cup after a late Nathan Ake goal gave them a 1-0 win at Spurs. City controlled large spells of the game but were set for a replay before Ake stabbed home from a late corner.
If City are looking better on the pitch, Guardiola is more delighted with what he sees away from the public. From arguing with each other in training as they all want to win to celebrating together after victories, the players are giving the manager lots of good indications that they can put up a good defence of their three trophies.
"It's one step at a time but I judge if my team are alive based on every single day, which you don't have the pleasure to see," he said. "When we came back from Abu Dhabi with two days of training, I said that the team is there.
"Don't tell me why but they are there. They argue with each other, with the
In his new role as a UEFA Technical Observer, former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was on duty at Manchester City's Champions League win at FC Copenhagen this week.
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