Man United’s defeats: Give Mourinho respect, Guardiola insists

Pep Guardiola say his old rival Jose Mourinho deserves respect despite Manchester United ’ s troubled start to the Premier League season .Mourinho is under pressure following consecutive Premier League defeats to Brighton and Tottenham , with speculation mounting about his future at the club .
The United manager demanded respect from journalists following the 3 – 0 loss to Tottenham , pointing to his success with Chelsea , Inter Milan and Real Madrid .

Guardiola was involved in a series of spats with Mourinho when he was in charge of Barcelona .

But , asked about Mourinho’ s problems , Manchester City boss Guardiola said : “ The history , the way Jose did in all the places he was – it ’ s hat ’ s off . There is no doubts about his quality .

“ You need players, good clubs that sustain you and support you , patience .

“ Our position is results. Every manager what he believes , what he likes , tries to get results in his own style and the way he trains . We are judged on the results we get .

“ Only the players know exactly how you are as a manager because they know you and see you every day . They have more information than the rest of the world – the fans , the media , everybody .

“ Only the players know exactly who we are and normally even then we are judged – if they play , the manager is good, if they don’ t play the manager is not good. ”

– Magic Mahrez –

Meanwhile , Guardiola has spoken glowingly of pre -season signing Riyad Mahrez .

The Algeria winger joined City from Leicester for a club record £ 60 million ( $ 77 million ) and has settled well , according to his manager .
“ He is one of the most technical players I ’ ve ever seen , the skills and everything, ” Guardiola said .

“ Of course there ’ s a lot of information – the way we want to play , the way we want to do things , the corrections after the games that we have to do, in all things , defensive and offensive set – pieces .

“ But he settled good. He has respect in the locker room and that is the most important thing . ”

Speaking ahead of City’ s weekend Premier League clash with Newcastle, Guardiola appeared relaxed about the challenge of winning back – to – back titles .

Asked if this season will pose of tougher challenge for the champions , he said : “ It will be quite similar , I would say .

“ New managers are here – Marco Silva at Everton , Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea – new managers, new clubs . Javi Gracia at Watford is doing amazingly . But I think it ’ s too early .

“ Last season we cannot forget all the six contenders playing international competitions , not like the previous season when Chelsea didn ’ t play there . It was tough last season , it will be tough this one . ”

Guardiola believes his squad is up to the job and he is happy with performance levels in the opening weeks of the new campaign , with two wins before last weekend ’ s surprise draw at promoted Wolves .

“ They are doing a fantastic job all of them . They convince me when they put everything on the pitch. I am a romantic guy , ” he said .

“ Who runs the most, I am the happiest guy in the world and I appreciate it a lot .

“ I want to be sure when one guy is on the pitch, he gives everything . Run , you are my favourite one . They do it most of the time .

“ Normally, when one player plays good , it ’ s for many reasons , not just because he played good himself .

“ Their team – mates , the way they receive the balls , helps them to play better . It’ s all together, not just one . ”

( AFP )

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