Gerva: I won the best award at Manchester City last season but I was not happy. It was very painful and I didn’t win anything.

November 24 News At 4:00 a.m. on November 26, in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City will face Bayer Leverkusen at home. Before the game, Manchester City defender Gwadiol attended the press conference and talked about the game.

Talk about your performance and expectations for the Champions League -

For myself, in fact, it is the same every year and every season. I am full of ambitions. Of course, I am still very young. I am eager to win the Champions League. We also have to realize that winning the Champions League is very difficult, especially because it is a competition where all the top teams participate. I have experienced how difficult it is and hope that one day I can overcome the difficulties and win the trophy.

I think our performance so far this season has been good. We are not fighting alone and compete with many teams. Away games are always difficult, so we prefer to play at home. Whether it is the Champions League or the Premier League, we are mentally prepared and eager to perform at our best level.

This season is still very long, and we hope the team can recover and persevere. And I think now that the team is better, it will be a lot easier.

Talk about the defeat against Newcastle -

We were all frustrated after the game, which is normal, especially in the game. Many things are uncertain, such as the referee's decisions. In the end, we cannot change it, because the game is over. What else can we do, maybe just complain, I don't know... So I think these are normal, especially for our coach and captain. We fight for the club and everyone fights for it. If we lose these, then what is the point of participating in this game.

Talking about the Premier League championship -

Our situation two or three months ago was much worse than it is now, so it is difficult to say now. We still have many games to play. The team only needs to play well one game at a time, maintain a good mental state, recover well, and prepare for the next game. We will wait and see the final result.

The team's performance last season -

We are in a much easier situation now than last season, but I still think we still have a lot to do.

Last season was a bad season for me so far in my career and we didn't win anything. As a football player, you want to win any game and win titles.

Winning the best in the team last season was nice, but it didn't make me happy. It was a painful period last season. I still remember that I often lay awake at night because of the difficulties the team encountered, helping everyone out of trouble, but sometimes things didn't go well.

I'm glad that everything is over and now we are recovering well. In the football world, you may have a game to play in three days, which also forces you to forget what happened two days ago, so last season has passed and the new season has arrived. We can see that now is very different from before, and the situation is much better.

We want to win every game, that's why we play, no one likes to lose, whether it's the league, the FA Cup, the League Cup or the Champions League, we want to win all the games.

Talking about Kovacic's situation -

He is much better now. I think he will return to the team today. I can't wait to meet him. His mental quality is very strong and he has accepted the injury very well. I am not sure how long he will be absent, maybe three or four months, but I think the most important thing is to be able to recover smoothly and then be ready for the second half of the season and next season.