Pep Guardiola talked about his views on Guevara and Stones

In last Saturday's Premier League match, Manchester City defeated Fulham 4-0 away from home. After the game, Pep Guardiola talked about his views on Guevara and Stones, as well as his expectations for the upcoming match against Tottenham.

Did you see the change in Guevara's personality, confidence, and comfort in playing throughout the season?

"Yes, of course, indeed, there is an important factor in football, and in life in general, in our lives, and that is confidence, you have to have confidence in what you do." "Now is the time to play matches, there are many matches to be played, everyone talks about what they have to do, there are good things and bad things, you can't forget that he just arrived in the Premier League, this is his first season, he is only 21 years old." "I want to say it's not easy to adapt here, at first he struggled a bit, coming to a team that won the treble, he was a bit shy, he would think 'oh, I don't want to ruin the team's style and their perception of what's happening.'" "It's a matter of time, he has only been here for a few months, he will be here for many years, he is proving himself, he can do it, he can play with us, as I said before, we had three days off, everyone had three days off after the game against Wolves, on the first day of rest on Sunday, he went to the training center alone for recovery training." "His focus is on football, he wants to get better and better, when this happens, you have something special in your hands."

How is Stones doing?

"He's really fine, sometimes, players step up, Aké's performance now is incredible, Aké's performance is also incredible, that's why Stones hasn't started yet." "When you play in those games, you can see that Grealish played more last season and less this season, in this team, you have to consistently perform well." "I know what qualities players have, like Fernandinho, he was the first one I signed eight years ago when I came here, so we know each other... I won't say like father and son, but we know each other very well. So the question now is whether Stones can return to his best form, because we need him in the final stages of the season, and of course, in the future."

The next game against Tottenham away

"Let's take it step by step, you can ask whatever you want at Monday's press conference, but now... I have a lot of time to prepare for the Fulham game, and now even less time to prepare for Tottenham, the focus tomorrow is on Tottenham, Tottenham, Tottenham." "When the initiative is not in your hands, as it was a few months ago... but now it's not the case, of course, we can watch the opponent's game, it depends on the result of another game, if you ask me if I want Manchester United to win (the press conference was held before Manchester United vs Arsenal)? Yes, of course, I want Manchester United to win." "But that's not the point, just like Arsenal today hoping Fulham can draw or beat us, that's normal, it's not that you have to be very clever to realize this, but we have to win the game, we know we have two games left, if we win both games, get these six points, we will be champions." "That's the only thing in our minds, the only thing is Tottenham, Tottenham, Tottenham, and then West Ham, West Ham, after that, of course, we will know the result and what will happen, but we have to focus on ourselves."