Manchester City administrator, Pep Guardiola, declared that his team had the remaining '10 finals after his hopes of qualifying for the next season's champions league were abolished by a 1-0 defeat in Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Callum Hudson-odoi scored the only goal in the 83rd minute to ensure a result that took the forest four points from City at the Premier League table after 28 rounds of accessories.
City ended Saturday's game in fourth place, but Chelsea will break down Pep Guardiola's men to the fifth Sunday unless Leicester City produces a surprise victory in Stamford Bridge.
Speaking to TNT Sports after the ninth defeat of the league season of his team, Guardiola seemed, please, with the performance of his team in the city of the city.
“We control the transitions very well,” he said. 'We created many opportunities, but we defended each other very well. In the first half, we had the opportunity to shoot, but we were not precise. In the end, we won the transition and lost the easy ball.
He added: 'They defended themselves very well, and we could not find the precision at the last moment. We couldn't do it.
The head of the city of Man, Pep Guardiola, is brilliant during the loss of his team in Nottingham Forest
Callum Hudson-odoi scored the only goal of the game to move the forest four points on the city
'We grant few (possibilities). I think we grant, but very, very few. So, defensively, it was really good. Maybe the rhythm was not the highest, but the game was tight. ''
In the search for his side to ensure a place in the best competition in Europe at the end of the top four, Guardiola declared: 'We have 10 games to qualify. We have to win games to qualify, and we go to the next.
Asked by Jules Breach, if Forest's excellent season was evidence that the Premier League was now more difficult than ever, Guardiola said: 'We knew.
“We knew before arriving and, of course, the Champions League, the Premier League, every time, every season, it is better and better.”
City has competed in the Champions League for 14 consecutive seasons. Before that, his only appearance in the European Cup had returned in the 1968-69 campaign.
Guardiola could not lead his team beyond the playoffs round this season, but supervised a triumph of the Champions League in 2023.
If City cannot qualify for the Champions League, they are likely to enter the Europa League next season: a competition in which they were finally found in 2012 after former manager Roberto Mancini could only deliver a third place in the group phase of the Champions League.
Speaking as part of the analysis after the TNT Sports match on Saturday, presenter Lynsey Hipgrave asked City: “Do they need the Champions League in terms of the reconstruction they have in the summer?”
Guardiola took City to the glory of the Champions League in 2023, but they are in danger of not qualifying for the next season of the European tournament in the club's football
The city head spoke with his players in the countryside after Sunday's defeat in the city's field
The former defender of the city, Joleon Lescott, replied: 'I think the club needs it. Of course, you do it if you want to attract high quality players. You want to play in the Champions League.
'Of course, (PEP could still attract players without football from the Champions League). Of course, I would, because they will still be competitive regardless of whether they are in the Champions League or not.
'They will still be one of the favorites to win the League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, even if they are not in the Champions League or are in the Europa League.
“But when it comes to attracting elite players, it is the attraction of the football of the Champions League.”
The former center of Manchester United and England, Rio Ferdinand, joked: 'That is the only thing Pep thinks. He has never heard the other music. He has only heard music from the Champions League. He doesn't know what that is (the hymn of the Europa League). I wouldn't know where it is.
Lescott added: “It is not known that on Thursday night they appear.”
Rio then concluded: 'I would not understand how to understand that. And I don't think they expect this team due to the quality they have and the experience they have. '