Guardiola: Manchester City Must Develop A Winning Mentality

Middlesbrough have eliminated Manchester City in four of their last five FA Cup meetings, most recently in the fourth round in 2014/15 while as a second-tier team.

City sit third in the Premier League after a disappointing 0-0 draw against Stoke City in midweek left them 10 points off the summit.

“The priority is the next game”, said Guardiola. Check back here Saturday for live updates and a recap.

Guardiola will be determined to get his hands on silverware in his first season in England, with success having followed him wherever he has been.

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“But we have other options and we will do our best”.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, who is now on loan at Torino, has a number of Premier League suitors who will seek to sign him in the summer, according to a report in the Gambling Times. “The style of play has really improved over the past month or two and I think that is a sign that his philosophy is really starting to be picked up by the players”. The way that we approached the game today, conceding the goal at the beginning of the game, the reaction was good.

Karanka feels that the team’s confidence can be rebuilt. We defend 40m away, we want to play in that way. “We were trying to apply high pressure and the effort has been unbelievable”.

City recorded an emphatic 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough in the quarter-final game at the Riverside Stadium. We know we have to be positive and believe in what we’re doing.

As Mourinho’s number two at Real Madrid, it’s also worth remembering that he’s bound to side with his former boss but that still doesn’t prevent his comments from making the headlines.

Karanka said: “Look, always I have needed it but now in the hard moments, I need 18 fighters in my team”.

“The only thing that I want is for them to support the team in the way that they have been doing this season, because they know how important they are for us”.