- We won the Premier League in a special, special way.
Always had the feeling that the records are there to be broken.
So, one day, one team will do 100 points or 101 or 102 or 103,
but to do this, they have to do a perfect season.
- What's going on, guys?
It's your boy Elischa here,
and we are back for "You Know Ball" with a very special edition with Nissan.
And today, we are talking to one of, if not the greatest manager of all time.
I'm talking about the one and only Pep Guardiola.
Pep, mucho gusto.
How you feelin’ today? - Pleasure to be here, Elischa.
- Now, I'm very excited for this cuz we're gonna be talking about
an iconic season for you where you won your first ever Premier League trophy
and capped off the season with 100 points, which had never been done before.
And as part of Nissan's Electric Away Days campaign, we've included
some questions about some significant away days that season.
Josep Guardiola Sala, let's find out
if you know ball.
Question No. 1.
During that season, who was the first
Man City player to score?
And it was away at Brighton.
- Uhhh...
Agüero?
- Correct.
Sergio Agüero is absolutely correct.
Correct.
Listen, we're starting out a little doubtful,
but you got it correctly. That's all that matters.
- I was lucky, I promise you. So,
but you've had doubts of the appearance
of the challenge I have. Agüero have a big, big one.
So, I was lucky.
- Question No. 2. Which Man City player during that season
made the most appearances in the league?
- Uh, Ederson.
- Is that your final answer?
- Ederson is the keeper.
Never make a substitution.
So, I'm pretty sure who’s the player with more appearances.
- That was a great train of thought, but that is incorrect.
The answer is Kevin De Bruyne.
He had 37.
Ederson came at No. 2 with 36.
- No way. - Yes way. We did the research.
Question No. 3.
How many games did you win during that season?
- Wow. 36. 35, 36.
- I need one number, Pep.
I need one number.
Think, think.
Let it marinate. Let it marinate.
I believe in you.
- 35?
- Ooh, that's not correct!
It was 32 games during the season.
- I have a lot of confidence in my team.
32, not bad.
- That was the record for the most wins in a season, which has now been broken,
but you guys still hold the record for the most away
wins with 16, which is very, very impressive.
And to that point, you know,
we're talking about Nissan's Electric Away Days campaign.
Tell us, you know, it's
so important to be able to be at home, to have the comfort of your own stadium,
of the fans.
How were you able to pull off such an amazing stretch of 16 away wins?
- By the end, when you are able to do the season that we have done,
you have to be comfortable at home or away.
And at the end, it's just a football game and approach it—
it doesn't matter the environment and doesn't matter the stadium.
So, to make, you know, the season we have done with the,
with incredible numbers in all details,
you have to be almost perfect home and away.
- We're moving on to Round 2.
Question 4.
How many goals did you score during the 2017-2018 season?
- More than 100.
106?
- 106 is correct.
I told you I believed in you!
I believe in you. You got it.
You just gotta trust your instincts. That's all it is.
- It was 106?
- Yes!
- OK, good.
Two correct,
two incorrect.
- Question No. 5.
You lost two matches.
What were the scores during those two matches?
- We lost, I don't remember.
We lost.
We lost a game, and the second one—
which game we lost?
- One United, one Liverpool.
- United, no...
yeah, we lost in, uh, in United.
- So, what was the scores for each of those games?
- Liverpool, 4...Liverpool, 4-3
- So, Liverpool, 4-3, and United?
- United,
3-2?
- That's correct. There you go.
Moving on to Question 6, and we just spoke
about two very high-scoring games during that season.
Now, what was the highest scoring margin
during that season?
And a hint is
it was away at Watford.
- 0-6 or 1-6?
0-6.
- Correct. Correct. Yes!
You guys defeated Watford 6-nil, 6-nil.
We spoke of earlier of Sergio Agüero.
Kevin De Bruyne was fantastic, had 37 appearances during the season,
almost a perfect attendance.
And, you know, we speak of high margins.
Obviously as a manager, you affect the team a great deal,
you know? You might be humble about it, but that's just the truth of the matter,
and you have to teach your players a lot.
You know, there's a lotta lessons to be learned
technically, personally, just overall as a leader.
But can you tell us about a time where you've actually learned
a lesson or two from your players?
- Every time.
The people believe, the people believe that
we take the decisions because we
show them or teach them. I don't like the word "teach,” but,
you know, suggest them.
But many times, we'll take a decision, but we’ll learn from them.
The behaviors and you react and every day maybe differently than the day before.
It depends on what happened of them and on of the pitch.
So, yeah, you're right.
You are the best manager— you are a better manager year by year.
The relation to have or what you learn from them,
the skills for the playing, you didn't know that they have,
and you discover it, and after that, you can adjust. Depends on many, many things.
You're right. So, people say, "No, the manager,
you know, suggest them and teach them many things."
It's—I would say it’s completely the opposite.
You learn a lot of them. It just takes you know, two eyes.
And you have to coach—an assistant coach, you have four eyes, six eyes.
And what we see from there, we learn a lot. A lot. That's true.
- What player right now in the Man City squad do you think would make the best manager?
- Good question.
I think Gündogan will be a good manager.
Gündogan will be, I would say,
for his humanity, personality to transmit the message
and his awareness and knowledge about the game itself.
He has been surrounded and been training with many, many managers and good ones.
So, I think Gündo will be a good manager.
- That's a good choice.
I can see that, too. I can absolutely see that, too. But now,
moving on to Question No. 7.
In the 5-0 win over
Swansea that season, you had five different goalscorers.
Can you name all of them?
- Gabriel, Sergio.
Uh...I don't know.
Kevin, David Silva and, uh,
and one center defender, Otamendi. I don't know, my friend.
It's impossible to know it.
It's impossible to know that.
You are a bad man, my friend.
- I'm trying to remind you of some good days.
You're still having good days now.
- Tell me who’s right. Tell me one to three.
- So the five goalscorers were David Silva.
- Yeah, got it.
- Bernardo Silva. - No.
- Gabriel Jesus - Yeah, got it.
Raheem Sterling
and Kevin De Bruyne.
- OK, so three to five.
That's good.
You should give me the draw in this question. Even.
- We absolutely cannot do that.
- Now it’s four-and-a-half to two-and-a-half.
So, it's too difficult.
- Question No. 8.
You only drew four games during that season.
Do you remember the four teams that you drew against?
- Everton for sure. It was the first.
I don't remember. Give me a clue, a little.
- One of the, one of them is a London team.
- London team?
Ah, Crystal Palace.
All right, I remember.
- That's two. That’s two. - That game was after 12 or 13 victories in a row.
We were there, and we draw, and
they miss a penalty in the last minutes. Ederson save.
I remember perfectly.
With this detail, you have to give me,
you have to give me the point.
All I remember are the victories, my friend. Against defeats and draws,
I don't remember, so.
- The answer to the question was Crystal Palace, Everton,
Huddersfield and Burnley.
Oh, Burnley away as well. Sean Dyche.
- Burnley away.
- Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, that's true.
We play good there.
- But, listen, I know that was a tough one.
Unfortunately, it's only gonna get tougher.
We're at question No. 9.
The final day at Southampton,
can you name the starting 11 for that match?
- Ederson, Kyle, John Stones,
Otamendi, maybe. Zinchenko, Fernandinho,
Kevin de Bruyne for sure.
Raheem for sure.
Maybe Leroy.
Fabian Delph or Alex,
maybe Fabian. In that year, I played Fabian more.
Ayme, Ayme played a lot that year. A lot. Laporte.
- OK, so you were, you were so, so close. So close.
Ederson did not play during that match
Bravo did.
Gabriel Jesus was not in the starting.
He ended up coming up as a sub.
Yeah, it was Bravo, Danilo, John Stones, Laporte,
Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Gündogan,
Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling.
We've—listen, Pep,
we've gone through this journey together.
OK?
You've climbed the mountain. You fought hard.
I'm not gonna lie, I've been toe to toe with—
- If it's tougher and tougher, I already lose.
I'm pretty sure of that.
- I know. It’s been a lot of suffering, but we're right there.
- Question No. 10.
The goal by Gabriel Jesus
to make it 100 points in the Premier League from Man City away at Southampton,
what minute of the game
did he score the goal in?
-Kevin de Bruyne pass Gabriel.
So, and after, it was extra time.
100, 101 or—no, 91 or 92 or 93. It was that...
94, maybe 95 or 96 or 97.
So, I got it. 5-5, we draw.
We have to draw. - I tried to—
- Elischa, we have to draw. You cannot beat me. So, be nice to me.
Come on. I'm 52.
I'm too old. You have to be nice to me.
So, the questions were so difficult. - You're a young man, Pep!
The answer to that question was the 94th minute.
- 94th. - Gabriel Jesus—
OK, now will not, I will not forget it. That's for sure.
- Absolutely.
Listen, and we have no question about it that indeed, Pep,
you do know ball. We appreciate you so much for joining us today.
Before we head out, what is your favorite memory,
can you tell us, about that historic season?
- No, everything.
So, when you play, to do that season, winning every, every, every game was
so special. Of course, the celebration at Southampton
was incredible, in the locker room and everything. We are—now we felt
we won the Premier League in a special, special way, to do 100 points.
Always had the feeling that the records are there to be broken.
So, one day, one team will do 100 points, or 101 or 102 or 103.
But to do this,
they have to do the perfect season.
So, we did it and, you know, in our memories it will be.
- No, absolutely. Absolutely.
And we hope to see you and have much, much more success.
This has been "You Know Ball" with Pep Guardiola.