Chapter 1: What happened during the abandoned match at Old Trafford?
And what is love? If it's building up to nothing, we'll never see how far we've come. We keep looking. So this story will dominate here at Old Trafford. But let's talk about what's happened on the field today. And Thierry, Manchester City got there just... Like you said, just.
And I'm sure there is one guy who's going to be happy. And he must have watched the game. It's Pep Guardiola. Relieved, I imagine. Hugely relieved. Oh, I think so. Because you... You want to come here in Manchester and make sure that you have the Champions League because, like you said before, that's what it's going to get judged on.
And if you have already one year raised by not being in the Champions League, that's not really what you want to do. And by the way, they're still not yet in the Champions League directly. They still need to qualify, but I'm sure he must have been happy with being in the top four, maybe not about the performances that we saw at the end of the season.
My goodness, Jamie, they've made it hard for themselves, haven't they?
They have, I mean, I think year in, year out. We speak at the start of the season, all of us, and we always say Man City have got the best squad, they've got the best players, but they still don't go and dominate. They've won leagues. I mean, I think this team now is coming to the end of a cycle.
They've changed the manager in Pellegrini, Mancini, so it's their type of, it's their teams really the last few years, and they've been very successful. But you still have the feeling that they should have done more for the players that they've got. And with Guardiola coming in, he's not coming in just to win a Premier League every couple of years.
He's coming in to try and make Man City become what Manchester United have been over the last sort of 20 years, dominate. I'm not saying he'd be there that long, but over the next four or five years, how long he's at the club, he'll be able to come in and dominate and win that first Champions League.
And we were watching it, Graeme, in the television compound here with the other games going on, keeping up to date with the situation here at Old Trafford. And again, more evidence today from City on the job that Guardiola's got on.
It's an enormous job. They have not been convincing this year. Man City supporters will not be happy the way the season panned out. They only showed their real potential occasionally. For me, today was a typical Man City performance where it was lacklustre. I didn't see anyone bang at it. I didn't see any players falling out of each other. They were just costing.
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Chapter 2: How did Manchester City perform on the final day of the season?
And they nearly didn't qualify for the Champions League. And for Man City, that would be disaster. This team don't... Their ambition is not just to win the occasional Premier League or get to the semi-finals of a Champions League. Their plan, with the financial power they have behind them, is to dominate English football and be regular players in Champions League finals.
And looking at that team there today and this season, they're a million miles away. You know, players are coming to the end of their cycle, players who have done well for them, but have been allowed to coast this year. And I think circumstances heaped it on them, you know, with having to announce Guardiola's coming in February.
I think that damaged Man City going forward, because that team, that group, are far better than what they've shown this year. Consistently, they've been a shadow of the team.
they finished fourth in the end Manchester City meanwhile here at Old Trafford the story developing all the time we now have confirmation from Greater Manchester Police about the controlled explosion it says this latest update a controlled explosion has just been carried out within the stadium by bomb disposal experts at Old Trafford more to follow and we will of course keep you up to date as things happen you'll have seen with us earlier the bomb squad arriving and there is confirmation that that controlled explosion in there in outside Old Trafford did happen at
little bit earlier on right now then let's get reaction from the liberty stadium from a couple of manchester city players because ian accio and joe hart have spoken with patrick davidson guys a bit nervier than you might have liked but essentially Joe is that job done today?
Hard to be too positive after that but like you say we've got the job done if you class the job as finishing fourth as getting the job done then you know we have but we know we've let ourselves down this season in the league but we go again you know the beauty of football is you get another chance next year. Why hard to be too positive?
We're in a really good position we've not you know got only a couple of months to go and We've not finished well in the league, as simple as that. But, you know, we've got Champions League. That's going to have to be the positive that comes out of it. We've won a cup and we've got to the semi-final of the Champions League, which is progress.
So we've got to take all the positives and go into next season. Kolechi, when you got that early goal and the team started well, did you think it would be a more comfortable afternoon?
Yeah, I think when we got the goal, I think we are more comfortable and we got so many chances as well in the first half. We could have compared our chances, but we couldn't. But we're happy that it ends like this and we are true to the Champions League. It was a tough game and a hard game, but we are concentrated and defending well.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Manchester City's Champions League qualification?
Were you aware of what happened at Manchester United today and that they weren't playing? Yeah, I actually saw it on this TV here. I just saw that Old Trafford was empty as we walked out. But I don't know, is everyone OK? Everyone's OK. There has been a suspicious package. But did it affect your performance at all? No, not at all. We knew what we had to do.
We needed at least a point and we got it. Kelechi, for you, with a new manager coming in as a young player, a teenager, exciting times ahead?
Yeah, I'm excited. The new manager coming in, I think we'll focus and work hard and work on the things we need to and work well in this season to get something. Guys, well played today.
Thank you.
That young man, one of the bright sparks for City. They could still drop out of the top four, of course. Manchester United would have to beat Bournemouth in the rear-range fixture by 19 goals. So let's work on the basis that they are in that top four and will have the chance to qualify for the Champions League. But Thierry, Joe Hart's body language, what he said there, told the story, didn't it?
The way their season has petered out, particularly since February, and Graham refers to it, when Manuel Pellegrini left, they were, what, three points off Leicester at the top of the table?
I remember Joe Hart, I think, after the... One of the games, to not make a mistake, saying that now they have to play against all the big teams at their ground, thinking that they were going to do the job. And they lost almost every game here against those big teams. So they thought it was going to be easier than what it was.
But we keep on talking about, and you mentioned it, about them being in the Champions League. They're not in the Champions League yet. They have to qualify. Which is a massive inconvenience, isn't it? It is massive, especially when you have the Euro coming, Copa America. Nacho, for me, bailed them out again and he's going to be involved with the Olympic team.
So how that team is going to arrive fresh... And a new manager. And a new manager. It won't be easy. It depends on who you're going to play, though.
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Chapter 4: How did the players react to their season's performance?
I want to be, I've said for a very long time, I want to be here for the rest of my career. I want to finish my career here. So we have a few days and we'll be speaking to the club and listen, I want to say the club know that, the fans know that. Listen, a huge thank you from myself. And just while I'm touching on it as well, I want to say well done to the young boys as well. Tammy and Fikayo.
It's been fantastic. Ruben as well. Let's hope we can keep producing these young boys and get them on this pitch in the first team. Listen, thank you again. You've been unbelievable for me personally and for the team as well. And on behalf of the whole squad, thank you very much.
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So then, Thierry, what was that? Was that John Terry saying farewell? And just hold on one second. Over our shoulder comes the Bournemouth coach. The Bournemouth players, who we understand, as they leave here, will be potentially staying in the north-west until a decision is made on when this fixture will be replayed. So the Manchester United players left earlier on.
The Bournemouth players have now gone. No news as yet on when this abandoned game will be played. Back to John Terry. Thierry, what did you make of that? Was that a good bye?
That was a bit weird for me because I thought it was just like an end of the season captain talk. And then when it started to be... to be emotional and cry, why would you start to cry and be emotional if you're sure of coming back? So that's why I was like, it's kind of weird. And so then if you're not coming back, is that a proper sign enough for the man?
I don't think that's a proper sign enough. I mean, I said so many times that I think he should stay. Is he going to start or not? That's up to the next manager. But I think he should be back. He looked like, because of his tears, that he's not coming back. I think it will be a mistake if he doesn't.
I mean, what Chelsea have done over the last 10 years or so, and he's been an integral part of it, the success that they've had, the trophies they've won. The one criticism you'd have of the club is at times, well, plenty of times, they've lacked a little bit of class in different situations, second managers. To have a figure like that, and the way it's been played out over the last few months...
arguably Chelsea's greatest ever player most important player I think you could argue that certainly the best defender I think that's played in the Premier League never played I think he played a couple of games for Nottingham Forest early on in his career but virtually a one club man and for it to be left like that
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