{"id":156205,"date":"2018-08-12T20:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/pep-guardiola-annoyed-at-suggestions-his-job-is-easy\/"},"modified":"2018-08-12T20:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T20:20:18","slug":"pep-guardiola-annoyed-at-suggestions-his-job-is-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/12\/pep-guardiola-annoyed-at-suggestions-his-job-is-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola annoyed at suggestions his job is &#8216;easy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div wp_automatic_readability=\"68.986075296545\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Pep Guardiola refuted the idea that his job is easy after Manchester City cruised to a 2-0 victory over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League champions started without Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Vincent Kompany and Leroy Sane, but they proved surplus to requirements as <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/410139\/arsenal-0-2-manchester-city-raheem-sterling-bernardo-silva-unai-emery-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva sealed the points.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-410178\" alt=\"Guardiola orchestrated another impressive victory\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-1015567586.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tGuardiola orchestrated another impressive victory\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the game, talkSPORT\u2019s Ian Abrahams asked the City boss if it\u2019s \u2018easy\u2019 managing such a fine group of players \u2013 a question Guardiola took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere is a lot of work behind this. If you believe this is easy, then you make a big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of work from the staff, the managers, for the club. Especially for the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not like this: go there and play. There is a lot of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-410177\" alt=\"Guardiola was not happy with the suggestion\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-1015590684.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"652\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tGuardiola was not happy with the suggestion\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Spaniard, however, does think City made light-work of the tie and could\u2019ve won by more, despite a short period of Arsenal pressure.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIn the second-half, we started with a few problems because Arsenal pushed up and in that situation we scored a goal where maybe we don\u2019t deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, we have to be honest, in the first-half we deserved two or three more goals. 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