1 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,280 [low indistinct chatter] 2 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,040 I know it's difficult, guys. 3 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:20,480 I know, because you want to win. 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:21,880 I know that, guys. 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,480 I know you want to win. 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,520 But you have to learn to play football with courage. 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:34,080 Our best thing in our season is because it doesn't matter where we were, 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,880 we played with fucking character, with courage to play. 9 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,920 For what? For after the final. 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,120 What good is it if we arrive to the final 11 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:44,080 and don't do what we have done all season? 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,840 Because at the end, we'll have to go with that in finals 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,960 if you want a place in Champions League, guys. 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,560 And we have to show who we are. And that is the test you have to do. 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,080 If we play short here, always find Nico, Vinnie. 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,760 Nico, Vinnie, Dinho, Gündo. 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,440 You pass the ball to find them. 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,360 You pass the ball, because they run. 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,640 Then when they jump, the space is there. They don't jump, you're alone. 20 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,720 Turn, go, commit. 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,760 They don't commit. Why do you have to commit? 22 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:11,800 Because they jump. 23 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,000 If the ball is there-- 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,280 When the ball is here, guys, 25 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:16,520 when we are in that position, we fast-pass. 26 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,440 Who is in this space? It's Kevin. 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,120 When the play is here, it's David. Okay, let's go! 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,240 [all] Come on, let's go! 29 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,080 Let's go! 30 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:32,040 [narrator] Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, knows how to win. 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,480 As a player and manager 32 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:39,920 Guardiola has been to the summit of the football world many times before. 33 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:44,040 Employing an attacking style dependent on speed and precision. 34 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,920 But this is the English Premier League. 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,760 The most competitive football league in the world. 36 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:53,920 And possibly the most physical. 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,440 Top class but brutal. 38 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,760 The question was, could Guardiola's beautiful game succeed here? 39 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,880 [Guardiola] To become the top, top, top team, you have to score the fucking goals, guys. 40 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,440 [narrator] This is the beginning of a nine-month journey. 41 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,320 In which Manchester City football club will compete in the Premier League. 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,480 [crowd cheer] 43 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:19,840 The Champions League. 44 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,840 -Do you feel like gladiator? -Yeah. 45 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:26,720 And vie for two domestic cups. 46 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,320 All the time "the referee", Arsene! You shut up! 47 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,440 [narrator] Playing a total of 57 games. 48 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,600 That is the moment the real men, the real football players... 49 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:38,520 This is the Premier League Papa! 50 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,280 [Vincent] Here you go, have the ball. Come back and trail back. 51 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,080 -Feel like you can have a chance. -Think of the basics of football. 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,520 Just the basics. 53 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,120 [Guardiola angrily] Sit down! Nobody talk! 54 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Sit down! 55 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,960 "We are tired!" Fuck you. 56 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,560 [commentator] The goals have been raining in. 57 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,160 We should exchange the signed copies with the players lawyer as soon as possible. 58 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,520 We are offering two years, this one and two more. 59 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,600 [Guardiola] I want to see my team. I'm not talking about win or lose. 60 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,080 I want the fucking records. 61 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,000 Detached. 62 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,960 You are the best team in the world. 63 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,280 [commentator] It's a curling effort. And it's in! 64 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,480 Raheem Sterling! 65 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,520 [narrator] An embedded film crew captured every moment. 66 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,760 Offering a never-before-seen look inside the world of professional football. 67 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,680 Forty five minutes to be champion, guys. 68 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:48,320 Here we are. 69 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,040 [commentator] Gabriel Jesus for a record breaking goal. 70 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,440 [cheering] 71 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:55,760 [laughing] 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,720 Man City! 73 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,280 [team chanting indistinct] 74 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,560 [radio] Top of the league. 75 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Top of the league. 76 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,360 [commentator] A brilliant full-back header! 77 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,320 Yes! 78 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,400 [commentator] The Manchester City captain. 79 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,920 [crowd cheering] 80 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,640 Come on, City! 81 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,840 [Guardiola] Making history is in front of our faces. 82 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:30,480 What we are living, we are not living anymore in our lives. 83 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:31,960 It's impossible. 84 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,720 [chanting] Hey! 85 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,000 [Guardiola] My advice: don't drop it, keep it. 86 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,320 Let's go, guys! 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,400 [theme music playing] 88 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,760 [narrator] England, the home of football for more than a century and a half. 89 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,320 Here, football is part of daily life. 90 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,040 Especially, in a city like Manchester. 91 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,960 For Mancunians, it's a religion. 92 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,560 [crowd cheering] 93 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,240 [Noel] I was in love with City before I was in love with music. 94 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,240 I was in love with City before I was in love my wife. 95 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,480 I was in love with City before I was in love with my kids. 96 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,760 It was the first thing that I loved. 97 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,000 [narrator] Manchester City was founded as a community club in 1894. 98 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,360 For the majority of their existence 99 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,920 they've competed in England's top division. 100 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,240 Which became the Premier League in 1992. 101 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,080 [commentator] Now... what can he do-- Leslie! 102 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,480 Leslie, he's not offside. 103 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,320 Manchester City are the champions of the first... 104 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,680 [narrator] In their first hundred years, City won only two league titles. 105 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,200 A team that often played in the shadow of local rivals. 106 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,360 Manchester United. 107 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,000 [narrator] But their fortune started to change 108 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,240 with the take-over of the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008. 109 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:49,080 When Sheikh Mansour began to invest heavily in the team 110 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,400 and the community. 111 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,040 Mansour built one of the finest football facilities in the world 112 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:57,920 to house the first team... 113 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,240 the women's team... 114 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:04,920 and the youth academy. 115 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,200 In the decades since, City have captured two League titles 116 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,920 and three domestic cups. 117 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,720 [Noel] We kept this club going. There wouldn't be a club 118 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,840 if people hadn't supported them in the third division, for a start. 119 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,040 So we deserve it, fans of a certain age. 120 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,840 We deserve all that's going on now. 121 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,560 [narrator] Now they hope to become 122 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,680 the best team in the world. 123 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,360 Our ambition every year, coming in to every season 124 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:35,520 is to win the league. 125 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,800 And go and try to give it a shot 126 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,840 to go as far as possible in the Champions League. 127 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,120 So that's our mission this year. 128 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,840 [Vincent] Win the League, Champions League, 129 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,960 FA Cup, League Cup, World Cup. 130 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,280 It's the best year to look forward to. 131 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,520 [narrator] It's a daunting schedule. 132 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,800 But necessary when in pursuit of four trophies. 133 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,840 And expectations have never been higher. 134 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,760 [cheering] 135 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,920 [Sally] Ladies and gentleman, your manager... 136 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,720 Pep Guardiola! 137 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,600 [narrator] In the hopes of taking the ultimate next step, 138 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:23,160 Man City appointed world-renowned manager Pep Guardiola in 2016. 139 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,840 [Sally] Thank you for joining us. Just a small group of friends 140 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,320 to talk to you about your new job. 141 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,280 What do you think of the reception so far? 142 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,360 Not bad. 143 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:36,960 [crowd laugh] 144 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,560 All the time, the guys receiving need to set the ball. 145 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,800 When you receive, see how you can go! 146 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,120 It's two seconds, guys. 147 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,160 You are acting immediately. You are involved in the game. 148 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,560 If you have the opportunity to come in this country 149 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,560 to play the Premier League, you have to do that. 150 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,880 In terms of the show, in terms of the image, 151 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,720 in terms of many things. 152 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,000 That reason is the most followed 153 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,200 in Asia and all around the world. 154 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,680 [narrator] In his playing days Guardiola anchored the Barcelona team 155 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:10,520 that captured four straight La Liga titles and the European Cup in the early '90s. 156 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,520 As a manager with Barcelona, and later Bayern Munich, 157 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,960 Guardiola won 21 trophies in seven years. 158 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,640 [commentator] ...into Barca star man, Leo Messi. 159 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Iniesta with a bit of space ahead of him. 160 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:27,880 Iniesta inside on his right. 161 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,960 Looking for Xavi. Still with Xavi! 162 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,480 It's in! 163 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,040 Barcelona have taken the lead. 164 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,320 We still lose. Simple pass, guys. 165 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,960 Passing the rounds gives us the confidence. 166 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,120 It gives us absolutely everything. 167 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,400 Focus on that. Short spaces. Focus on that. Okay. 168 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,040 [narrator] There were doubts that the ground-based 169 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,920 beautiful style of football that Pep perfected in Spain 170 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,320 would work in the physical English Premier League. 171 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,760 The first pass goes outside, outside, if not, it fall to the channels. 172 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,000 That for English teams is OK. 173 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,440 But for us, we don't have the forwards to do that, guys. 174 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:18,160 [Guardiola] Now control it, David. Now, come on, David. 175 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,880 Do the attacking play. 176 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,440 Mendy, and cross, guys. 177 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,080 Guys, we make that the same. 178 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,400 The only pleasure I think, the only power that the manager has 179 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,920 every single day is to dream that his team is going to play the way he wants. 180 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,520 When the ball is going up and down, we put the ball there. 181 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:37,760 Not there, on the foot! 182 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Now that player who sees all that, goes and runs in behind. 183 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,200 [Khaldoon] He represents everything we strive for. 184 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,760 He is a genius. 185 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,800 He is extremely hard working. 186 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,120 He has an amazing capacity for analysis in his head. 187 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,360 If I have to use one word, it is "detailed". 188 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:02,120 Ultimately, you've worked on it all before and then it happens on the pitch. 189 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,000 If the player highest up the pitch covers the holding midfielder, 190 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,720 the holding midfielder can go there. 191 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,680 -That's all. -Of course. 192 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,920 Really simple. One last thing. 193 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,840 If they go here, we adopt a back four. 194 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,600 If Eriksen moves inside, we respond this way. 195 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,040 -Exactly! -That's all. 196 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,640 [narrator] It was an inauspicious start. 197 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,440 Despite multiple signings and a huge expense, 198 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,880 City failed to meet expectations in 2017. 199 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,520 It was Guardiola's first trophyless season as a manager. 200 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,320 [Omar] We thought that the team was automatically gonna start 201 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,320 winning and playing the beautiful style of football 202 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,760 that he developed at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. 203 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,160 Actually, the team started really well last season. 204 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,800 But it didn't have that continuity. 205 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:56,040 You know, to not get anything out of it with what quality we had 206 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,200 and what team we had was disappointing. 207 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,840 [Kevin] In football, if you don't win anything, it's always a failure. 208 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,920 It's not that we had the worst season, but obviously we didn't win anything. 209 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,000 So, in the end, people just care about winning. 210 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,040 [Khaldoon] It was very hard, I think, for Pep. 211 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,880 Last season was not easy for him mentally, psychologically. 212 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,320 [interviewer] You don't seem that happy that you've won? 213 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,400 More than you believe, I'm happy. 214 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,440 [Khaldoon] Pressure. I think the reality that he dealt with... 215 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,320 challenges that he's never dealt with professionally as a manager. 216 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:43,400 [narrator] Guardiola's only achievement, albeit an important one, 217 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,400 was qualification for the UEFA Champions League. 218 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,200 Which City secured in the last game of the season. 219 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:58,160 The problem was of cockiness, arrogance. 220 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,640 All great teams are arrogant. 221 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,440 I remember people saying last season 222 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,720 this tippy-toppy football's getting on my nerves. 223 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,480 Pep knows what he's doing. 224 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,920 When he gets the players he wants, we will run away with it. 225 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,080 [Ferran] So what we have in this space seems reasonable. 226 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,800 But it actually means that we do a significant investment in three players. 227 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,840 I think, Txiki, there might be a type of player 228 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,320 that works for the Spanish League and doesn't work for the Premier League. 229 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,160 Because of the physicality. 230 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,520 [Txiki] We are also looking at the size of the full-backs as well. 231 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,880 And if you are small, you have to be very good. 232 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,600 We have to make some decisions today? 233 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,000 [narrator] This season, City have opened the check book. 234 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:01,160 Spending a reported 128 million pounds on three full-backs 235 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,160 capable of executing Pep's attacking style. 236 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,240 Danilo. 237 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,200 Kyle Walker. 238 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:12,440 And left-back Benjamin Mendy from AS Monaco. 239 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,520 [Benjamin] I like everything about this club. 240 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,320 And with the manager Pep Guardiola, 241 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,440 my trust is in City. 242 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,320 [Omar] In that position specifically, he was the number one target. 243 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,680 And I would say number one, far ahead of number two. 244 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,800 [narrator] Pep demands that his defenders 245 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,640 are as skilled with the ball as any other player on the team. 246 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,760 That includes new goal keeper, Ederson. 247 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,240 A Brazilian whom City signed for a reported 35 million pounds. 248 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,920 A record-breaking fee for a keeper. 249 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,400 For me it's a great opportunity to play in England. 250 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,000 I'd always dreamt of playing in the Premier League. 251 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,040 Today I feel like I'm realising that dream. 252 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,840 [narrator] Along with new transfer Bernardo Silva, 253 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,080 they join a team of 25 superstars from 11 different countries. 254 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,280 A blend of different personalities, backgrounds and egos 255 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,920 must all come together under Guardiola for City to be successful. 256 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,640 This is their new home, Manchester. 257 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,320 And this is their new family. 258 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,880 [indistinct chatter] 259 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:51,600 Well, that's why you get paid 200,000 a week 260 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,040 to do this extra job, Kyle Walker. 261 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,000 -[Kyle] What is your job at this club? -Mainly looking after Delphy 262 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,880 who's got very big time in the last few years. 263 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,560 [all laugh] 264 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,640 What a bell! 265 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,760 I'm looking at your team next, mate. 266 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,680 What's happening, babes? You all right, yeah? 267 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,880 Call me, babes. 268 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,520 [Brian] This season there seems to be a really good spirit 269 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,440 both on and off the pitch. 270 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,920 There's a lot of young players that are growing. It's very vibrant. 271 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,920 There's a good togetherness. 272 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,880 It's a family. In the end, you spend 273 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,840 maybe more time here than you spend at home. 274 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,000 It's difficult to explain. It's how it flows in this team. 275 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,280 So I think it's very important. 276 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,000 [laughing] 277 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,400 Playing together as a team there's no selfish players 278 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:47,560 and I think that's... 279 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,720 a big part of it. 280 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,560 It's kind of like healthy competition in training. 281 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,120 That always keeps you motivated 282 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,720 to keep getting better and keep fighting for your spot. 283 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,440 And wanting to do better. I think everyone's got that hunger inside them. 284 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,960 [Yaya] We have to be together and close in order to make things happen. 285 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,960 I think everybody is expecting City to do well. 286 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,800 With the manager we have and players we have been signing this year. 287 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,800 We believe this year we'll win something. 288 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:27,680 [narrator] City captures seven points in their first three games. 289 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,480 Two wins and a draw. 290 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,400 But they're far from perfect. 291 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,440 Up next, a huge test against Liverpool. 292 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,640 A team City took only a point from last season. 293 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,880 They favour an attacking style like City 294 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:47,320 with three potent goal scorers in Roberto Firmino, 295 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:50,000 Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah. 296 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,480 [Guardiola] Good afternoon, guys, to everybody. 297 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,800 Today I'll explain to you what Liverpool do with the ball in attack. 298 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,680 This is a team that is so good running. They run in behind. 299 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,800 Okay. The concentration on the pitch is so important. 300 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,720 But just focus, today, on when the ball is outside closing the channel. 301 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,360 Those guys, Mane and Salah, playing in those positions. 302 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,440 When the ball is here, they make the move and put the ball here. 303 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,800 They are so fast. 304 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,200 Even when the full-back has to go, try to make that movement. 305 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,680 To close here, to play here. Okay? 306 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,360 [ambient music] 307 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:30,720 [security guard] Papa T to 24. 308 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,840 Can I get the electric bollards at gate 7, please? Thank you. 309 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,240 [music continues] 310 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,560 What I miss the most is being in the locker room before the game. 311 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,680 The locker room is the nicest place to be. 312 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,160 The second one is on the pitch. 313 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,880 When they are joking. When they are all together. 314 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,280 When they criticise the manager. 315 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,560 When they share the good and bad moments. 316 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,120 [indistinguishable dialogue] 317 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,720 I like to have a noise dressing room before a match. 318 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,360 I feel that it animates the player more. 319 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,040 I'm going to tell you something that's absolutely true: 320 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,280 I don't have all the answers. 321 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,440 Often when I don't know something, I act in front of the players as if I do. 322 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,720 I do it so that they believe I have the answers 323 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,200 and that gives them the confidence to play. 324 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,400 Sometimes they ask you things about life 325 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:45,480 and then you must adopt the role of a father or brother or son. 326 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:51,280 I give them the best advice that you'd hope to receive in your own life. 327 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,760 [players indistinct shouting] 328 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,720 [commentator] Good afternoon and welcome to the Etihad. 329 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,520 The return of the Premier League. 330 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,480 Manchester City at home against Liverpool. 331 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,360 And what a game we have in prospects. 332 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,920 [heavy drum beats] 333 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,200 Looking to build. City need to contain them. 334 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:18,680 Of course, Guardiola's blueprint becoming more and more evident with each game. 335 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,800 City do indeed play possession-based football. 336 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,320 Highly attractive to watch... every game they've played this season. 337 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:28,600 Here's Agüero. 338 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,360 Around the goalkeeper. Agüero scores! 339 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,440 As he always does when Liverpool visit. 340 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:41,240 He has found the net all six times when he's played Liverpool at the Etihad. 341 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,240 [commentator 1] Clinically finished. Liverpool not looking too clever. 342 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,360 [narrator] City grab the lead. 343 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,720 Then Liverpool's attack, lead by Salah and Mane 344 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,640 threaten City's new defence, as well as new goal keeper Ederson. 345 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,920 [commentator] Salah into the area. Another great save from Ederson. 346 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,280 That was Matip. And here goes Mane! 347 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,160 And Ederson. 348 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,360 [suspenseful beat] 349 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,000 [whistle blows] 350 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,920 When you see it again from that angle. Catches him. 351 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,920 [beat continues] 352 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,000 [crowd clapping] 353 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:36,440 City fans rise to applaud off the number 23 goal keeper. 354 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,400 [commentator 1] Sadio Mane has been sent off. 355 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,160 [narrator] The sending off of Mane proves to be a turning point. 356 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,920 Against ten men, City quickly take advantage. 357 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,200 [commentator] Another free header, this time no flag. 358 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,720 Jesus has scored! 359 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,440 Manchester City lead by two. 360 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,480 [motivational music] 361 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,520 Fernandinho. He's in again! Sergio Agüero. Unselfish! 362 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,920 Jesus is there to profit. 363 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,680 De Bruyne. Sané. 364 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,440 Here comes Mendy. 365 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,680 Sané! Lovely goal. 366 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,640 Glittering piece of team play! And a consummate finish to cap it off. 367 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,440 [music builds] 368 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,200 Walker. 369 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,080 Sané with no pressure on him at all. 370 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,040 And that's what he can do! 371 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,880 It was almost an invitation to shoot. 372 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,680 [commentator 1] That is an absolute peach from Sané. 373 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,440 [commentator] Five-nil in the end. 374 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,600 Manchester City heading to the top of the table for now. 375 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,640 [indistinct chatter] 376 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,840 [players cheering] 377 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,640 [all shouting] 378 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,040 ["Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias] 379 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,880 [Pep] The lockroom is the nicest place. The nicest. 380 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,880 It's the only moment when I feel we are a real team. 381 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,240 I feel I am still a football player. 382 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,600 [narrator] It's an emphatic 5-0 win. 383 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,960 And fortunately for City, Ederson's injury is far less serious than it appears. 384 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:45,240 I had a large, deep cut on my head. 385 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:50,720 We had to be sure that I didn't have a fractured cheekbone. 386 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,200 And thank God we did some medical checks and it was just a cut. 387 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,520 [narrator] Ederson has been an impactful signing. 388 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,080 But he's not the only one. 389 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,280 The new back line, starring Benjamin Mendy, is thriving. 390 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,960 [Guardiola] Yes, well done. Go, Mendy, go! 391 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,240 We scored a lot of goals in that period, because we had Mendy 392 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:18,200 help us to attack wide enough to have a lot of people inside. 393 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,480 [narrator] Mendy epitomizes Pep's style of play. 394 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,480 A left-back as comfortable in defence as he is in attack. 395 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,120 [intense classical music] 396 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,760 [Yaya] Mendy I think is special in this position. 397 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,520 Only he can provide the, you know, physicality, 398 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,920 speed and precision, you know. 399 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,800 He drive the team forward and covers back amazingly because he is very strong. 400 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,400 [music continues] 401 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,960 [Guardiola] There are guys who take maybe a month, half a year... 402 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Maybe one season to settle in the new city, 403 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,280 the new club, the new team. 404 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,600 And there are guys that do it immediately because of how they are. 405 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:05,640 [laughing] 406 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,120 Look at that quality. 407 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,120 It was only his second day and he was already making jokes with us. 408 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,440 Learning English, speaking English the way I do... barely. 409 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,800 [Guardiola] Of course, I remember in the beginning 410 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,800 I was a little bit upset one day with the team 411 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,280 because they didn't enjoy, they didn't celebrate something, 412 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,360 and he sent me a message and said, 413 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,440 "Don't worry, coach, I will take care of my team." 414 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,400 [no audible dialogue] 415 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,120 [Guardiola] Sometimes, guys, when you play full-backs... 416 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,160 All the team but especially full-backs. If you go, and they follow you, 417 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,680 you can attack more. 418 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,000 Because, at the end, when we attack, and they defend here, 419 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:52,760 when you lose the ball, making the counter here is impossible. 420 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,600 From here, it's possible. 421 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,400 From here, it's so difficult. 422 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,480 Okay, guys, prepare well. 423 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,360 [narrator] Pep's new full-backs, Mendy and Walker 424 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,360 have had great success getting forward to create scoring chances. 425 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,800 [crowd cheering] 426 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,400 City's next opponents, Crystal Palace, have had trouble scoring at all. 427 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,600 On paper, this should be an easy game. 428 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,080 [commentator] Towards Silva. 429 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,720 Mendy well forward. 430 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,680 That could have gone anywhere. 431 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,360 [commentator 1] Man City are pressing. That's a vital block from Fosu-Mensah. 432 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:35,840 [commentator 2] Here's Townsend. 433 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,320 Mendy just lunged in. 434 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,400 [whistle blow] 435 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,240 It's nothing too serious, but he looks in a lot of discomfort. 436 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,960 [commentator 3] We've just seen Mendy straight away... 437 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,840 puts his hands on his knee as he punches. He'll be hoping... 438 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,120 I wonder as he went down there 439 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,160 whether there was a bit of hyper-extension there. 440 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:05,120 Whether the leg... Mendy sees insult added to injury. 441 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,280 Although it looks like he might be giving it a go, in terms of carrying on. 442 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,880 [ominous tone] 443 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,720 [commentator 2] That injury is really affecting him. 444 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,800 It looks like Mendy isn't going to able to carry on. 445 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,920 It's the end of the game for the 49 million pound man. 446 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,000 [narrator] It's a tough break for Mendy. 447 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,800 But it doesn't slow City down. 448 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,960 The Blues come away with another decisive victory. 449 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,840 Thanks, in part, to Mendy's cover at left-back. 450 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:37,880 Fabian Delph. 451 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,800 Who normally plays in mid-field. 452 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,240 [commentator] Delph. Oh! 453 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,920 Fabian Delph to round it off in style. 454 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,200 Manchester City, five, Crystal Palace, nil. 455 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,760 [Ferran] By today we will know the extent of the injury. 456 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:00,520 Mendy's injury. 457 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,280 And there is a risk that it's a long-term injury. 458 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,040 We don't know yet, but it's probable, right. 459 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,400 This might put us under pressure in the winter market. 460 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,160 So at the moment we're finding solutions 461 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,040 but worse case, Mendy is out for the season. 462 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,640 And worst case, we have to go to the market in January. 463 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,920 [narrator] Mendy is sent for further tests to a specialist in Barcelona. 464 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:33,880 Dr. Cugat. 465 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:43,640 Benjamin has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury 466 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:48,840 and a tear to the lateral ligament of his right knee. 467 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,040 There's been a hard blow to the bone. 468 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:02,840 The cruciate ligament is a structure attached like this: 469 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,600 Lateral collateral ligament, medial collateral ligament, 470 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,840 and the anterior cruciate ligament. 471 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600 It's gone "boom!" Detached. 472 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,720 These kind of injuries always sideline a player for at least six or seven months. 473 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,920 This means that we have to do an arthroscopy, 474 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,840 and reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament. 475 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,680 Tomorrow, we'll operate... 476 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,480 on fifteen or sixteen football players. 477 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:37,520 Just tomorrow. 478 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:43,880 The doctors know what they're doing using this machine. 479 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:45,880 He's my bro. 480 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,080 Jesé. [laughs] 481 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,000 -The player Jesé is here with me. -Stoke City. 482 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,960 We've lost a teammate for a substantial part of this season. 483 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,000 It's a shame that he's going through all of that, 484 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,240 having just arrived at the club. 485 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,240 You always have plans, 486 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,640 but whether or not you can stick to that plan is not your choice. 487 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,480 So with Mendy's injury it's a big problem because we don't have 488 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,560 a natural replacement in that position. 489 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,320 [narrator] It'll be months of rehab and recovery for Mendy. 490 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,200 You have to be here, aggressive, patient, 491 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,080 but always focused. 492 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,040 [narrator] City have already been dealing 493 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,200 with the absence of club captain Vincent Kompany. 494 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,800 Who's been side-lined with his own injuries since the third game. 495 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,880 [Vincent] It's an injury, it's not a bad injury or the worse injury. 496 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,440 It's annoying, because it stops you in your tracks but, um... 497 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:49,560 You know, other than that it's cool if you know how to deal with it. 498 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,920 If you follow the process, if you, kind of, follow the path 499 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,800 to get back to full fitness. And then... 500 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:02,160 once I've done that I'll be back playing well again and helping the team. 501 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,560 [narrator] The six-foot-four Belgian international 502 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,600 signed with the club a decade ago. 503 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,680 He's been a fixture in central defence ever since. 504 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,680 A City captain since 2011. 505 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,000 [commentator] They've done it. 506 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,840 Manchester City! 507 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,960 [narrator] For all his exploits, 508 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,240 Kompany could still use a little assistance 509 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,120 with the more gruelling aspects of rehab. 510 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,120 [Vincent] Brandon? 511 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,880 -[Brandon] Yes? -[Vincent] Go on, get in. 512 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,080 -[Brandon] Fuck that. -[Vincent] Go on! 513 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,480 -Brandon. -[Brandon] What? 514 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,000 [Vincent] You've got no choice, you're going in with me. 515 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,800 Imagine that on camera, me and his body together. 516 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,960 -[Vincent] Come on. -Make me look even worse. 517 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,840 [Vincent] I need a partner in there. 518 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,320 [Brandon] Look at that difference in body shape. 519 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,840 -[Vincent laughs] -Look at that! [growls] 520 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,120 There you go. 521 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,360 In you go. 522 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:15,560 [Brandon muffled speech] 523 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,320 -You okay? -[Brandon muffled speech] 524 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,960 It's minus 130 degrees at the moment. 525 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,640 [cameraman] What's happening in there now? 526 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,560 So, basically, it's cold therapy. So they start off in the first room-- 527 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:32,080 -[Brandon] How long? -You've got over a minute left, Brandon. 528 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,760 -Hang in there. -[Brandon screams] 529 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,960 The room they're in now is minus 130 degrees. 530 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,480 It's exceptionally cold. 531 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,440 It just helps with the inflammation, reducing sensations of fatigue 532 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,920 and just helps the whole recovery process. 533 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,800 So we use it match day plus one. 534 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:48,800 It is safe, yeah. 535 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,440 It is entertaining as well. 536 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,600 Yes, you've got 20 seconds. 537 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,760 -[Brandon yelling] -Make sure you go out the middle door. 538 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,400 [Donough] Okay, just watch the step coming out. 539 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,680 -[Vincent] Lovely. -[Donough] Good job, Brando. 540 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,520 That life is like a near-death experience in there. 541 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,160 It's what, 140 minus in there? 542 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:13,680 So... you just hope that the door opens when you want to get out. 543 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:15,200 [both laugh] 544 00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:17,320 That's how we prepare for games in England. 545 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,720 Partner, thank you very much. 546 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,240 The result is afterwards you feel better. 547 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,080 [Brandon] Come on, come to the boot room. 548 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,600 Let's go. 549 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,560 [narrator] No team succeeds without a proper engine room. 550 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,800 Managers and players come and go 551 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,600 but the backroom staff can be around for years. 552 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,120 Yeah, I started when I was 16. 553 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,120 I finished high school and got straight into this. 554 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,040 I knew someone here, the kit man at the time. 555 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,720 Chappy. And he needed some help. So I just helped out. 556 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,280 And I went to Germany on pre-season in 2009. 557 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,040 But I ended up staying. 558 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,720 And I'm still here. [laughs] 559 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,200 [bucket scrapes] 560 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,520 So this is the boot room. 561 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,160 These are all the boots that they train in. Some may be matched. 562 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,400 This is where we hang them so they're together. 563 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,680 And then there's a boot steamer here. 564 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,440 So sometimes boots are a bit hard. 565 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,600 So sometimes when players get new boots, again... 566 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,640 they're really tight. 567 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,400 So we put them on here. 568 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,280 Sometimes overnight or sometimes for a couple of hours. 569 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,600 It stretches the boot. 570 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,600 So, see, this is Otamendi's boot that's been worn. 571 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,320 Worn down. He's worn them for quite a bit, so you can see. 572 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,720 As opposed to that. That's a brand new stud. 573 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,000 And that's a worn-down one. 574 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,960 So seeing as he's worn it a couple of times, and he's not-- 575 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,920 And it's been scratched a little bit. 576 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,520 [Vincent] Brandon is kind of the heart and soul of the dressing room. 577 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,320 He has this ability to... take pressure off. 578 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,280 I would say the players are closer to the kit man, to the physios. 579 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:02,880 I'm very good with them. 580 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,880 Since day one, it's like... 581 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:12,280 sometimes for me it's nice to be away from football people for a moment. 582 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,360 It's different, you know? 583 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,560 For me, these are the normal people. 584 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,440 Ah, my leg. Look at that! 585 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,320 -That's not me. -I'm going to sue you! 586 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,400 -We got it on camera. -[Kevin] You got me. 587 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:28,680 -[laughs] -[Kevin] Ah! 588 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,360 Ah! I cannot do commercials today. 589 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:34,960 [Brandon laughs] 590 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,160 [soft guitar] 591 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:46,920 [narrator] With Kompany out, 592 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,240 one of the players stepping into a leadership role 593 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,040 is City's other Belgian international, Kevin De Bruyne. 594 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:57,120 A creative mid-fielder who has flourished under Guardiola. 595 00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:00,360 [Guardiola] Kevin is a top player. 596 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,240 He's shy, he doesn't talk too much. 597 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,280 But on the pitch, he's completely different. 598 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,120 Kevin is a competitor. 599 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,360 Physically strong. He can do everything. 600 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,360 He doesn't feel the pressure. 601 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,480 Now he is one of our captains. 602 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,600 And he deserves it. 603 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,840 Because he takes a lot of responsibility on the pitch. 604 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,320 I think he's achieved such maturity as a player. 605 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,040 Understanding the key moments in the game 606 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,360 and being confident enough to say "I am going to do this myself." 607 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,760 It's given the team an incredible attitude. 608 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:44,360 [Vincent] He's a quarterback, really. He knows the players and sees the game 609 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:45,520 before everybody else. 610 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,200 If he has a map of the game in his head, 611 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,720 he can just close his eyes and he'll find people. 612 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,480 [commentator] Intercepted by Kevin De Bruyne. This is David Silva. 613 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,120 He's got Sané to his left. He's got Agüero in the middle. 614 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,400 [narrator] Earlier in his career, De Bruyne was a player 615 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,240 considered to have huge potential. 616 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,320 But at Chelsea his former manager, José Mourinho, 617 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,600 didn't seem willing to wait. 618 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:15,040 I was only 20 years old when I decided to sign for Chelsea. 619 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,160 And I got my chances in the first few games. 620 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,720 I thought, okay, everything's going well. I played okay. 621 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,200 We won the games. 622 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:25,040 But then one day it just stopped. 623 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,040 And now you are speaking about Kevin De Bruyne. 624 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,640 You are not interested in the players that are playing. 625 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,800 You're interested in the players that aren't. 626 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,160 He was not selected. It was my decision. 627 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,960 Only 11 can play, and 18 to be on... 628 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,200 To be selected. 629 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:43,400 He wasn't selected, because I didn't like 630 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,080 the match he played... 631 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:47,200 against Swindon, 632 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:48,880 and I didn't like the way he was training. 633 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,760 But you have this tendency. You only ask about the guys that are not selected. 634 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,320 See you tomorrow. Thank you. 635 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,280 Yeah, knowing me, I didn't have much patience at the time. 636 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,480 I decided to go in January. 637 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,600 [narrator] De Bruyne played two seasons in Germany. 638 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,960 Where he became Bundesliga player of the year. 639 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:09,400 [crowd cheer] 640 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,920 Before returning to the Premier League with City in 2015. 641 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,200 Up next, City face Chelsea. 642 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,960 De Bruyne's old club, and the current Premier League champions. 643 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,360 They'll do so without left-back Benjamin Mendy. 644 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,680 [Mendy] Good afternoon, guys. 645 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:37,240 How are you? I send this video for you, my team. 646 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,680 All the best for today and win this game. 647 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,360 Because it is very important for the league. 648 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,440 And to stay in the first place. 649 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,600 So come on, City. 650 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,360 And good luck, everybody. 651 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:52,640 When the game starts... 652 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,560 give everything in your heart to win this game. 653 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,480 I believe in you guys. Ciao. 654 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,040 Any question? [laughs] 655 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,120 Good game. 656 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,880 [commentator] Welcome to the bridge for what is, in prospect at least, 657 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,960 the game of the season, so far. 658 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,720 The greats are capable of going anywhere 659 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,240 and making the other team think, from the first minute, 660 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,960 "Shit, these guys have come here to win." 661 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,680 [commentator 1] I'm hoping this has the flow that we've seen 662 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,600 from both clubs this season. 663 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,480 Because the goals have been on tap. 664 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:40,280 Woo! [gasps] 665 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,880 [commentator] Rudiger's header away, it came down for Fabian Delph! 666 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,240 [indistinct shouting] 667 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:53,920 [crowd booing and heckling] 668 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,720 [commentator 1] Fàbregas and Hazard. 669 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:00,680 Out by Ederson, firmly. 670 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,360 -And further out by Delph. -E-der-son! 671 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,600 [commentator 2] He hit it with good force, and Ederson was sharp enough. 672 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,200 Puts in a kick by De Bruyne! 673 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,320 [shouts] Go--! 674 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,480 [commentator] Courtois had to react. 675 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,360 [chanting indistinct] 676 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,600 [narrator] City dominate possession. 677 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,480 And it's De Bruyne who's at the centre of it. 678 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,720 [commentator] De Bruyne... Oh belter! 679 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:35,960 [cheering loudly] 680 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:39,600 De Bruyne! 681 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,320 [commentator] Absolute belter from Kevin De Bruyne. 682 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:45,120 [commentator 1] Sensational stuff from De Bruyne. 683 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,080 Once a Chelsea blue... 684 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,760 now giving Chelsea the blues. 685 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,280 City have scored at the home of the champions. 686 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:01,000 [crowd singing] Oh, Kevin De Bruyne! 687 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,240 [whistle blows] 688 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:07,480 [shouts] Yes! 689 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,360 Fucking brilliant, man! 690 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,000 [indistinct chatter] 691 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,880 [team cheering and clapping] 692 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,840 [team cheer louder] 693 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,480 [chanting] Hey! 694 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,760 [team singing] Oh, Kevin De Bruyne! 695 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,840 [team singing] Oh, Kevin De Bruyne! 696 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,760 [team singing] Oh, Kevin De Bruyne! 697 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,960 [Guardiola] They believe now they are good. 698 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,880 And I think that is not going to change this season. 699 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,720 So that doesn't mean winning the title or not. 700 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,440 But even if we are not able to win the titles... 701 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,800 They will know and we will know we are good. 702 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,400 That we are better than the other ones. 703 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,720 [unidentified player shouts] Mendy! 704 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,680 [team cheering] 705 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:54,560 Come on, City! 706 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,360 Come on, City! 707 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,200 [narrator] To be the best, you have to beat the best. 708 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:02,800 City have done that. 709 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,560 And after seven games, they sit at the top of the table. 710 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,320 [triumphant music] 711 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,880 But they'll soon face a stern test from a familiar foe 712 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:14,440 right on their heels... 713 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:16,960 and right across town. 714 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,360 We have neighbours who, for 15 or 20 years have always won. 715 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:26,760 I think that my biggest challenge as a manager is to change that. 716 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,560 [narrator] Next time, on All Or Nothing: Manchester City. 717 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,400 The stadium has history. 718 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,520 It's an old stadium. It looks like it's going to fall down. 719 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,600 When you score three or four goals, you're given the match ball. 720 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,920 My son Benjamin lives with his mother in Argentina. 721 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,800 But most of the time I'm on my own. 722 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,960 The guys give me the strength to keep smiling. 723 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,320 [TV reporter] Bad news for Manchester City. 724 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:26,440 This does not look good. 725 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:35,520 [doctor] It's an injury, grade two of the biceps femoral. 726 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:39,040 And the proximal myotendinous union. 727 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:41,080 ...and Raj, you go here. 728 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:44,000 [commentator] Raheem Sterling! 729 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:44,920 [crowd cheer] 730 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,640 Oh, my goodness! 731 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:51,880 [team singing indistinct] 732 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,520 [woman] Guard day means everything. 733 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,280 [man] I'm peeping we should beat them comfortably. 734 00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,560 But it's United, anything can happen. 735 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,800 [shouts] Come on, City! 736 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,200 [crowd chanting] City! 737 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:08,840 [whistle blows]