Pep Guardiola: Man City boss says Premier League title race will be over if his side do not beat West Ham

Pep Guardiola: Man City boss says Premier League title race will be over if his side do not beat West Ham

13 Mar 2026·Sky Sports·football

Ne fai mai a Pep Guardiola me ka “gata” eiloa te fakatau‵faiga ki te fakailoga ko te ‵toe tīmu i te Premier League māfai e se maua ne te tīmu o te Manchester City a mūtu i te taimi e ta‵fao ei lātou mo te West Ham i te Aso Ono.

City visit the relegation-threatened Hammers a few hours after Arsenal‵s home game with Everton,live on Sky Sports.

E mafai o sili a te Gunners i se 10 tupu i nāi itulā māfai e fakatakavale ne lātou a te tīmu a David Moyes, kae ne fai mai a Guardiola me i tenā tīmu, telā ne takavale i se 3-0 ne te tīmu o Real Madrid i te Champions League i te vaiaso, e se ‵tau o fai ne lātou se mea ‵se.

“Nei la, ko West Ham telā e fai ne ia te Premier League,” ko pati a Guardiola. “A te fakatau‵faiga ko te ‵toe fakatau‵faiga faigatā eiloa. Au e talitonu me tenei eiloa te ‵toe fakatau‵faiga faigatā.

“Ne olo atu mātou ki konā mo te iloa me kāfai e ‵to se matāupu, ko mātou ko taka‵vale.”

Ne ‵poa ne City a te ‵toe tino mālosi i te fakatau‵faiga i te Premier League i te taimi muamua, i te taimi ne fakatau‵fai ei lātou mo te Nottingham Forest, telā ne taua atu ki te West Ham ke mo a ma tuku ifo lātou ki se isi potukau i te fakatau‵faiga i te taimi nei.

“Ne fai atu faeloa au me kāfai ko oko atu mātou ki toe tafaoga e 10, e isi eiloa se fakamoemoega o tīmu katoa,” ko pati a Guardiola. “Ke se fakafoki ki se isi tīmu, ke se fakafoki ki te Europa League, ke se fakafoki ki te Conference League, ke se fakafoki ki te Champions League, io me ke sili.

“Ko oko eiloa i te gali ke ‵nofo atu i konei. I te taimi muamua ne seki mafai o ‵nofo atu mātou i konei [ke fakatau‵fai mō te tulaga muamua].

“Se mea māsani, i taimi katoa. Nei la, ko se toe ai se avanoaga.”

Mai tua o te takavalega i te fakaotiga o te fakatau‵faiga i te taimi muamua i te Aso Tolu, ne toe fai mai a Guardiola: “I te po ma taeao, ka fai te mā tafaoga, se tafaoga tāua ‵ki mō te tulaga o te Premier League.

“Ko te lua o taimi,”

A te takavale i te taimi ne fakatau‵fai ei mo te Real ne iku atu ki te fakamaseiga o te pule o te koga tenā ona ko te fakatokaga o tino ta‵fao mo auala ne fakaaoga i te Bernabeu, telā ne fai ei ke faigatā ki tenā tīmu ke manumalo i te taimi ne toe fakatau‵fai ei lātou i te Etihad i te Aso Lua.

“E fia taimi ne fai atu ei au me i a Pep se tino poto ‵ki?” ko pati a Guardiola i tenā fono mō tino fakasalalau i te taimi ne fesili atu ei e uiga ki te filifiliga o tino i te tīmu.

“Ne fai atu au ki a koutou mai tua o te fono i Madrid, e isi ne pogai ‵lei ne filifili ei a [tīmu]. Ko te ma‵losi o tino ta‵fao mo nīsi mea aka e uke.

“Fakalogo, ne tafao au i te fakaotiga o te Champions League e aunoa mo Fernandinho e pelā me se tino tafao i te kogāloto o te feitu ki mua kae fakafetaui atu ki Chelsea. E mata, e mafaufau koe me se mea māsani? Ikai, au e fai ‵tonu atu. Ne tafao eiloa a (Ilkay) Gundogan i te taimi tenā.

“Ne fakamasei ne au a au eiloa. Ne ‵tonu latou, kae i te taimi tenā, ne iloa ne au a te auala e tafao ei a ia mo Fernandinho.

“E mafai o fakamatala atu ne au te mea tenā ki a koe, kae e mata, ka fakatalitonu atu te mea tenā ki a koe mō te suā taimi? Kāfai e manumalo koe, ko tenā uiga a koe se tino poto. E fia taimi ne fai atu ei au penei, ‘A Pep se tino poto i te filifiliga o tino o te tīmu?‵ E se fakamāumāu ne au oku taimi.

“E tu ‵kese eiloa oku tino ta‵fao, kae ne tu ‵kese lātou i mea e uke. E mafai o fai atu ne koe so se mea e manako koe ki ei. Ka fakatalitonu atu ne au ki a koe, māfai ko oti ne fai te filifiliga. E manako au o fakasolosolo a te tīmu; e ma‵nako mātou ke ‵lei.

“Mai tua o se 10 tausaga, ka se toe talitonu eiloa au ki so se tino i a koutou. Kaia? Me ne takavale matou. Kae tenā fua te mea ne tupu. Ne ‵tau o fai ne au te ‵toe mea e mafai ne au o fai, mo te iloa me kāfai e manumalo matou, se mea ‵lei. Telā la, kāfai e takavale matou, se mea masei.”

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