So far, the season has not panned out the way Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola expected. After winning four titles in the last five seasons, the Citizens fans are taking the Premier League title almost for granted, but the Spaniard is more concerned about reaching the top four. Looking at his team’s current form (one win in the last three games) and the opponents below him (Newcastle one point away, Spurs could be only three with a win today), it’s normal that Guardiola wants just to win the next game and not to think about the title. On the other hand, Antonio Conte is having a nightmare of a season. He is still in fifth place, and already has 6 defeats, he got all the players he wanted in the transfer window, but things are just not working for him. And he also lost three close friends in a matter of months. 🇮🇹Antonio Conte 🔛His Commitment To Tottenham Hotspur:🗣️”I don’t read and I don’t hear this but the people who know me and you can tell me, I could be not a good coach, but about the commitment and what I give the club where I work, no club was unhappy about this.”#THFC #COYS pic.twitter.com/0YugHouvAr— Last Word On Spurs (@LastWordOnSpurs) January 19, 2023 After losing the Manchester derby over a strange VAR decision, City are eight points behind Arsenal and it looks like the next defeat or two could in fact end their championship quest. But if you ask the Spaniard, he is more concerned about the teams which are below the Citizens at the moment. “When I came here, they said, ‘Oh, you’re in the top four’, but I always congratulated ourselves and the team. I give a lot of credit when we’ve qualified for the last 10 or 11 years in the Champions League every season. The people say, ‘Oh, it’s false, this guy is false’, but it’s wrong. Now is not the time to think how many games you have to win for the title. Just win the next one. People don’t think about the memories, how good we were. When I die people will talk about how good Pep was. That’s for sure. But since we are here, people expect us to perform well, win the games and try to find the way. Otherwise, Pep out. This is how our jobs work and I want Pep in” said Guardiola to the reporters. Pep has his main man ready for what could be City’s decisive match of the seasonConte lost Gian Piero Ventrone, the club’s fitness coach, in October, then in December Sinisa Mihajlovic died Gianluca Vialli and in January, his Juventus teammate passed away. “For sure, this season is a difficult season from a personal aspect. Because to lose in such a short time three people that I knew very well – before Gian Piero Ventrone, then Sinisa and now Gianluca. It was not simple. For sure, when this situation happens, it brings you to have important reflections. Because many times we think and we give a lot of importance to our work and we forget the family, we forget that we need to have more time for us. This season is a difficult season for me as a personal aspect. For sure, this season is making me to have an important reflection on my future” said Conte. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6954613##
