Pep Guardiola has joked that Manchester City's FA Cup saved his job at Leyton Orient.
City looked at one of the big shocks in the history of the competition when the league-one-side-Orient led through a Stefan Ortega-owned goal when Jamie Donley's breathtaking 45 yard strike and then the back of the city goalkeeper.
The goals of the second half of Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin de Bruyne secured a 2-1 win for the rescue of City and Guardiola, which were confronted after songs about his future from the happy Orient fans in the stadium of the Gaughan Group.
When asked how much he enjoyed the atmosphere, the city boss said: “If you say, you will be released in the morning” not much. “
Pep Guardiola's team from Manchester City came to the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
“But it is a routine in all stadiums at the moment, still, with this result I think my chairman won't be released tomorrow.
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“It was really good. I don't know whether the mood is in every game in the first division, but it is really good. They enjoy football, the changing room is so tight. The players can talk even more than in one normal changing room.
“We did not warmed up at 16, 17, 18 years and went to Wembley. We were born in these changing rooms. Especially when they play in the lower departments, I like the way the team behaves because how There were many surprises in the FA Cup in the long history of this competition?
City competes in Real Madrid in the Champions League Knockout-Phase-Play-Play-OFF-HIMFAIL and avoided what would have been another big blow for Guardiola after falling 15 points in the Premier League.
“Now our position is of course emotionally unstable, we have a lot of injuries and that's why it makes me so proud and so happy,” added Guardiola.
City gave two of her January commitments in Nicolas Gonzalez and Vitor Reis debuts. Gonzalez was dismantled after 22 minutes with an injury, from which Guardiola admitted that he was not sure of the severity, while Reis was withdrawn at half -time for tactical reasons.
