Cherki NOT READY & Rodri CANNOT play 3 games a week | Pep Guardiola

©UEFA 2025 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaks about his captain Bernardo Silva, the fitness of his players and more ahead of the Champions League match against Monaco. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:18 What a mistake signing Bernardo Silva 00:30 He played good in the two games last time we played Monaco, long time ago 00:56 Rodri fit enough to start, feels much better 01:09 Long injuries take time 01:58 Bernardo cannot do better as a captain, one of the best players I ever trained, a luxury for me to have him 02:49 I want the players to believe they are good, I could not care less what the people think 03:10 We will be CL favourites if we play good 03:35 We were close to not being in the competition 04:03 Other teams always have huge respect for us 04:19 If we get better and better we will be a contendor 04:57 Hopefully after Brentford Cherki, Ait-Nouri, Marmoush & Khusanov will be back 05:15 Cherki not ready, tough injury, it’s so risky 05:44 Cherki has special quality that is difficult to find 06:18 Rodri was not injured now, just had difficulty 06:37 Rodri is not able to play three games a week right now, needs more time 07:05 Nico made an incredible game and Kovacic is coming back, Reijnders can play there 07:25 Monaco always have young talented player, I remember playing against Wenger’s Monaco 07:58 My god what a team they had with Mbappe, Bernardo, Fabinho 08:15 Hopefully we can get an important victory 08:35 I said in November, December last year that we could not compete 08:44 Maybe I will swallow my words but I like what I see 09:00 We have to make a step forward but I am positive we will do 09:18 From my trophy cabinet I learnt that the only way is to play good 09:34 Two tough games against Monaco in 2017, lots happened especially with the referee Vote for us in the 'Best in Video' and 'Best in Women's Football' categories at the Football Content Awards 💚👇 footballcontentawards.com/voting @HaytersTV – Football Up Close. Visit our website: https://hayters.com/ We go behind the sc