One of the BEST players I've trained in my LIFE! | Pep hails Man City star after thrashing Bayern

Good evening guys, hope you're well. If we can take questions in English first and then any in German towards the end. We'll take a show of hands, we'll come to as many as we can please. Somewhere to start? You start then. Really, yeah, it was a Champions League game. In the quarter-finals we had a good two top teams. During 55-60 minutes it was a tight game and part of the game they were better than us. We found an incredible goal from Rodri, but we could not control the pockets, especially in Musiala. In Avri and the pace they have Leroy and Coman, it's so difficult to control them. In the first 5-10-15 minutes, the second half, they were better, they had chances, especially in set-pieces with the wood-takers, with Kimmich and Leroy. But after, we adjusted something and in the last part of the game, the last minutes of the game, we were better. We scored three fantastic goals, we had more chances. It was an incredible result, but I know a little bit what it means for Allianz Arena, Munich. We have to do something new, a little bit better. We have to adjust something to not suffer too much. It's ball possession, the quality they have, and we will try to do it. Not just Ruben. Ruben, since the last month or two, is amazing. The game that Manu, John and Nathan played was amazing. Handel, Leroy and Coman, you have to be defensively really, really good in the duels. Because all the time, they have incredible players up front in the pockets, when they are threatening behind you. With the fast players, it's so difficult to read when they have to do it. But in general, they behave really, really, really well. What do you expect from Bayern for the second leg? What are your fears, considering the big result we got tonight? I can expect everything. If we don't do our game, everything can happen. Another game, I would tell you, I don't know. The most important thing, the players who were on the pitch, and I think off the pitch in the bench, and see the performance of Bayern Munich. It's not necessary to tell them all the warnings, because I know it's going to happen. Of course, it's a good result. Really, really good. The group stage and all the games Bayern Munich have played so far have been outstanding, but they have 95 minutes. I've been there many, many times. Three years there, and I know in Europe this team is special. And you have to do a good performance. To knock out this type of team, you have to make two good games, not just one. How we defend deep, how we control the transitions of them, when they run, it's impossible to control them. The back four, how to handle that situation without stress, without anxious. And knowing that in that type of game, there are going to be minutes that you are going to suffer, to struggle. We were there, and in the moments that we could run or make good actions, always we have done it. No, no, tactical decision. Julian for him. Julian for him. Because I'm a manager, I take decisions which run. If I substitute Bernardo, why Bernardo? Why didn't play Jaime or me? I'm here to take a decision, to see the performance on the pitch. In that moment we need an extra energy to do with Julian, and that's why I decided. I'm here to take a decision, and I take it. That is my biggest quality as a manager. So I take it. There's been some discussions about Adam Berghoff on the second goal. As his team, can you say something about his overview and his... Erling? He's always a threat. In the first half he was disconnected, in the first half he was not in the game. In the long balls, the league always beat him. In the short passes, he was always one step forward, one step backwards, but he was not there. In the second half, when we started to play better, he was part of the game. He has his squad as well. He's not just a top scorer. Of course he's a threat in the long balls, but he helps us a lot. We scored a lot of goals in this competition, in many, many games. It was not comfortable at all. Emotionally I'm destroyed. I have ten more years today. It was such a demanding game. Now I have to relax. Day off, the guys prepare for Leicester again. After we travel, I know exactly what they have to do. If you don't perform really well, they are able to score one, two or three. I know that. The players know it. It's an incredible result. But we have to do our game with a huge, huge personality. Otherwise, these top clubs are teams. I had the feeling, with the first leg in Munich and a bad result quite similar to him, here I have our chances. But here in our stadium, we have something special this season. We have our momentum. We are clinical. We have this weapon. It's the same in Munich. I've been there. You have not been there. I've been there for three years. I know what it means and the people. But, of course, we are going there to score goals and to try to win the game. If we are there just to do that, it will be so difficult. Last couple in English, please, guys. We'll start here and then switch out. Yeah? No? No, no. You have a nice voice without a microphone. Yesterday, you talked about how it's a clean sheet against a side like Bayern, compared to when you've got two or three goals against one. Yeah, you're right. But there are teams, for example, they had less chances than today by Munich. Like, Leroy had two or three, two pieces. Like, Bloch, Ruben, incredible as a defender. But he loves to defend the situation. The same with Nathan. He had more goals than Bayern today. He had the feeling more, not incredible chances, but a little bit unlucky they could have scored. But that is football. The important thing is the fact that we are able to score a goal, especially at home, and we are going to try to do away. Yeah, but, Jack, I'm going to tell you something. They had the chances to score a goal. Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know. They are defenders. But, you know, a corner. You know, a corner. And Ruben, he touched the ball, he's gone out. You know, we try to analyse many things. For little details, sometimes it's in, sometimes it's... You know, it's no goal. I had the feeling that other teams in the previous season, they had less chances than today in Munich, and they scored goals. And today they didn't do it. So I don't pay much attention. But I had the feeling today that these four guys are back. Oh, my God. They are all the time 90 minutes focused. They are incredibly stable here. They have the ability to defend well, but they are so stable here. Nothing happened. They are there again and again. And this competition is so important. Because you don't expect to play against Bayern Munich here, and they will not have chances. They will not run. They will not do a build-up. They will not create the positions that they had to create. It's impossible. But how stable you are in that moment, and today we won, but at the same time, maybe I could have scored one or two goals, and with the same performance. And? So who knows that? So that's good, but we have a job to do. Any German guys? No? Yeah? Bernardo... Bernardo, the role that Bernardo has defined, he is a football player. And what does it mean? It means he can play everywhere. In no position. He can play even with the left back coming inside. He can play everywhere. Because he understands the game perfectly, in every action, with and without the ball. So Bernardo had the ability. He had Davies. And Davies, when he started to go, you cannot stop. And Bernardo has the ability to read, to be in the position with the ball, giving extra passes and controls. It's quite similar to Riyadh with that. But Bernardo is so important player, especially in this type of games. He can play there, he can play the whole midfield, he can play in the full-night play. Most of the times when we play in ultra-four, because we need this type of players, Bernardo is so, so important player. And lately, he has scored a lot of goals. Like always, he lacks a little bit for that. He has been decisive. He was last season in Madrid, against Madrid. He is scoring a goal today again. So Bernardo is a player who says, OK, you're going to play in that position, you don't have to say anything else. He understands everything. And this is, for me, from my point of view, I'm sorry, I was lucky as a manager to have an incredible, outstanding player in Barcelona by Mourinho. He is one of the best players I have ever trained in my life. It's something special, as a football player. Special. Thank you guys.