""First comes the spirit we have shown this week and you have to take care of this like a father and mother takes care of their sons," Guardiola said. "We can be a stable team and step by step when injured players come back we will learn for what we can do better. "Gigi (Gianluigi Donnarumma) will get better and James (Trafford) will get better and the team will grow up.""
""Since I started as a manager from the second team at Barcelona until now, I always asked for one thing - I want the players to give everything to the pitch," Guardiola said. "Last season we didn't do it in some moments and this season, especially from the USA and since United, we started to recover many things that defined our team for many years. "When this happened [conceding an equaliser at Arsenal], I could not care less about the fact that we could do better"
Manchester City faces an arduous fixture schedule and a growing injury list, prompting an emphasis on protecting players like parents protect their children. City beat Manchester United and Napoli in the space of a week before conceding a stoppage-time equaliser at Arsenal. A Carabao Cup trip to League One Huddersfield Town follows amid several absences: Erling Haaland withdrew at Arsenal with a back issue and will not travel, Gianluigi Donnarumma and James Trafford are expected to improve, Abdukodir Khusanov left at half-time, while Rayan Cherki and Omar Marmoush remain out and Rayan Ait‑Nouri is doubtful. The team has responded to a disappointing previous season and recent defeats by going three games unbeaten and seeking to recover the intensity and standards that defined past success.
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