“We want to behave but we are not marble” -Guardiola on Man City vs Liverpool｜EFL Cup｜2022 World Cup

Описание: Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said on Wednesday that he didn't know for sure what physical condition his players who played in the World Cup are in, but thinks that they will quickly put any negative experiences from Qatar 2022 behind them as the domestic season in England re-starts.
"I don't know how they will come back," he said on the eve of the Carabao Cup last 16 showdown with Liverpool. "The weight, if they come back fit, they come back fat, so we'll see."
"I think they will be ok," Guardiola added. "Sooner or later, they will be back. People have the ability to forget the good things, the bad things quick and re-start again."
Back in October, in an ofter bad-tempered encounter between the two sides, City's unbeaten 21-game Premier League run came to an end with a 1-0 defeat at Anfield, during which City had a 'goal' ruled out by VAR and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp was sent off after remonstrating with the officials.
In the build-up to Thursday's match the Chief Executives of both clubs have written to fans calling for better behavior and a better atmosphere and Guardiola thinks the managers have a role to play in soothing tensions as well.
"Of course, we want to behave good," he said. "But sometimes emotions and many things happen and people cannot behave like marble, like ice cold when you are disallowed a goal when it's a goal, you can't be 'ok, nothing happened'."
"So, always we react in that way, but have respect for the officials, for the rules, for the opponents, always," he said.