Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Saturday, January 7.
Walker says Spurs never knew how to have a winning mentality
Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has claimed that he only discovered his winning mentality after leaving Tottenham Hotspur.
Walker departed Spurs in 2017 after impressing at full-back over several seasons for the North London club. Upon arriving at the Etihad Stadium, the 32-year-old has enjoyed plenty of success.
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His personal trophy cabinet consists of four Premier Leagues, four League Cups, an FA Cup and two Community Shields. Meanwhile, Tottenham are without a trophy in 15 years. Spurs' last major trophy came in 2008 season when they lifted the League Cup. Walker made the comment about winning trophies ahead of City's 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday.
When asked by Sky Sports about his most important match, the English full-back said: "For me, a very important game was against Arsenal, when we won the first Carabao Cup [in 2018] because that was my first trophy. That was a big change in my way of thought of: 'You know what, I can actually do that now. I can actually go to games and win finals’.
Click here to find out what else Walker had to say.
Carlo Ancelotti responds to bizarre question about Guardiola
Guardiola is not shy when it comes to using tongue-in-cheek comments in interviews, highlighted before City's win at Chelsea when he joked he was 'following the fans' when it came to picking his starting line-up. And after the game, when he made two game-changing double substitutions, he was at it again, entertaining reporters when he declared himself a 'genius' for changing his system at half time.
However, that sarcasm doesn't appear to have made it all the way back to his native Spain, where Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti appeared to be asked a serious question about whether he considers himself a genius in the context of Guardiola's comments.
After the Chelsea game, Guardiola said: “I am a genius. Because after Everton I was asked why I didn’t make a substitution until 87 minutes. I thought about that today and made some."
Guardiola couldn't have been more clear that he was joking in his answer, however Ancelotti was asked about the comments ahead of Real's clash with Villarreal.
Click here to find out how Ancelotti responded.
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