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I Now Control Emotions Better: Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola is seen trying to settle the nerves of his players, reassuring them they can improve in the second half, before they went on to win 1-0 through Rodri바카라s 68th minute goal

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Pep Guardiola has admitted he needed to learn to control his emotions more effectively before guiding Manchester City to the treble last season. (More Football News)

A new club-produced documentary which will screen on Netflix from Tuesday goes behind on the scenes of City바카라s historic season, and shows the message Guardiola gave to his players at half-time during the Champions League final in Istanbul, when the match against Inter Milan was still goalless.

Guardiola is seen trying to settle the nerves of his players, reassuring them they can improve in the second half, before they went on to win 1-0 through Rodri바카라s 68th minute goal.

바카라You바카라re exceptional players, playing the Champions League final,바카라 Guardiola tells them. 바카라What you feel is normal, yes. But we don바카라t give up. Go, go, go. That바카라s why we are here. We adjust one or two things and we바카라ll be much more effective. Calm, guys, calm. Keep going, we바카라ll find momentum.바카라

바카라You바카라re exceptional players, playing the Champions League final,바카라 Guardiola tells them. 바카라What you feel is normal, yes. But we don바카라t give up. Go, go, go. That바카라s why we are here. We adjust one or two things and we바카라ll be much more effective. Calm, guys, calm. Keep going, we바카라ll find momentum.바카라

Speaking in an interview filmed for the documentary, which is called 바카라Together: Treble Winners바카라, Guardiola contrasted that message with the half-time team talk he gave his side during the 2021 Champions League final against Chelsea.

They had just fallen behind to Kai Havertz바카라s 42nd minute goal and went on to lose 1-0.

바카라People are human beings, they have the desire to do well, to achieve it, win it, to lift it바카라

바카라I remember the final against Chelsea at half-time I was more aggressive with some players and it didn바카라t work바카라

바카라In the finals, there is not one player who doesn바카라t want to win it and do it well. And when that moment came by, OK guys, we have 45 minutes, maybe extra time, stick with what we have. I have to adjust something, we do it. Come on, let바카라s go.

바카라I control my emotions much better than when I was younger as a manager.바카라

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The documentary also includes Kyle Walker바카라s now famous speech in the dressing room before kick-off. The England defender had been left out of Guardiola바카라s starting line-up for the match, and implored those taking the field to deliver for those on the sidelines.

바카라I love every single one of you,바카라 said Walker, now City바카라s captain. 바카라Come and make my dream come true. Please, I beg you. Right, come on boys.바카라

The six-episode documentary series charts City바카라s season from the moment of Erling Haaland바카라s medical ahead of his arrival from Borussia Dortmund through to their historic night in Istanbul and the celebrations that followed.

The issue of the 115 charges laid against the club by the Premier League in February 2023 for alleged breaches of financial rules are dealt with briefly, but without new material, using archive footage from Guardiola바카라s press conference at the time

The lowest point of City바카라s season came in January, when they lost back-to-back games against Southampton and Manchester United.

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The abject 2-0 Carabao Cup loss to the Saints was later seen as a turning point and Guardiola바카라s post-match team talk with his players is telling as he demanded an explanation from them for their poor display.

바카라Tell me,바카라 he said. 바카라Do you think it바카라s normal the way you performed? Something happens and everyone바카라s head is down. There is no one to do something. Do you think it바카라s normal, what we have done, for this club?

바카라Do you think it바카라s normal for the (fans) that travel, who don바카라t have money to pay for the heater at home and they travel, to come here, to follow us 바카라 do you think it바카라s normal to perform in this way?

바카라Wow. My team is not like that. We바카라ll be in trouble. I don바카라t accept that.바카라

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