by Pep Guardiola, head of Manchester City, described the victory as “important” and emphasized the need to stay calm and continue after his team had secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Aston Villa to increase her hopes of the Champions League.
Matheus Nunes met the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the Etihad Stadium, where Bernardo Silva’s early start for City by Marcus Rashford’s penalty was quickly canceled.
In the result, City rose two places in the Premier League table to third place with four games for playing, with the Villa of Unai Enery left two points outside the top 5 in seventh place.
When asked how big a victory was, Guardiola-Dessen said Nossstaitity Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, one day after playing Villa Crystal Palace in the other Last Four-Krabatte to a press conference: “If we win the next four games, it was so important.
“Of course it is important. We don’t have to be a scientist to realize that we play against Aston Villa, one of the best teams. We have the games against Newcastle and (Paris St. Germain), the top shape, the quality, the manager, everything, everything, seen. It is an extraordinary team.
“But we have occurred as in the past, the commitment, we don’t admit much. We didn’t create much either, but we checked most of the game. The back four were again incredible. All players.
“With regard to the qualification for the Champions League, it is important that it is important. But at the same time we have to be calm and concentrate on the semi-finals, and then we have days to prepare the four” finals “games at home, two away and games from game.
“It is important that we (ES) have in our hands – if we win the three or four games, we will be there.”
In building the game, Guardiola described the remaining five league games as “finale”, with City being pursued to the villa game by organizing wolves and bournemouth on both sides of playing in Southampton before completing her top campaign in Fulham.
The villa went into the competition at the beginning of this month with the 3-1 defeat of the Champions League at PSG, the only game that they had not won in all competitions in the past 11 years, and the 4-1 storming of Newcastle on Saturday in a row.
Emery said: “I can feel a bit disappointed, but overall I have to feel and say that I am proud of her, everything we do.
“We can analyze this match and try to use positive things, positive energy for Saturday for the rest of the season and try to continue working hard to be in Europe. Today we have lost, but there are still games to play.
With regard to Rashford, who scored his fourth goal since he was loaned by Manchester United in February, he added: “I’m so satisfied with him. He continues. Make it up – now on Saturday, hopefully he can help us again.”
