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20th January 2023
11:03am GMT

"I want a reaction from all the club, not just the players, the whole organisation. We’re a 'happy flowers’'organisation! I don’t want to be 'happy flowers!'
Youngsters Rico Lewis and Julián Álvarez were both spared of criticism but as for the rest of the squad, Guardiola demanded some much-needed improvement, as well as calling on the fans to make the atmosphere at the Etihad better. "We are far, far away from being able to compete at the highest level," he said. "[We lacked] guts, passion, fire, desire to win from minute one. The same with the City fans, they are silent for 45 minutes. I want my fans back. https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1616350363975663616"In 14 years, I won 11 league titles, that’s a lot so it means every day I see things you cannot see because you’re not there.
"I’m incredibly happy with the result, but it’s not about that. Do you think we are going to chase the gap to Arsenal the way we are playing? No way. We have an opponent in Arsenal who have the fire. Two decades without winning the Premier League. "I am explaining the reality, everything is so comfortable but opponents don’t wait. I don’t recognise my team, they [previously] had the passion and desire to run. "We are far away from the team we had in previous seasons. Do you think this comeback will happen every time? It won’t." Related links:Explore more on these topics: