Manchester derby special but also just another fixture, says Guardiola
By Lori Ewing
MANCHESTER, England, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Playing in the cauldron of Old Trafford is always unique, said Manchester City 経営者／支配人 Pep Guardiola whose team travel across the city for the 首相 League derby on Sunday.
支持する／優勝者s City are second in the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する, six points ahead of their 隣人s in eighth.
"When I was in Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and I travelled to England to play 部隊d at Old Trafford, it was always special, special シナリオs, special place, and of course it is special for our fans," Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
"But at the end, it's a football game. It's not like FA Cup final or fixtures where winning or losing can define winning or not the 首相 League. It is still the (10th) fixture, so 87 points to play, it's another game, you have to be 焦点（を合わせる）d what you have to do to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 them."
Sunday's 衝突／不一致 with Manchester 部隊d will be a good 実験（する） of his team's mentality, Guardiola said.
"We have won a lot, it is not about whether we 勝利，勝つ, what is going to happen? I want to see my team 証明する they have the 権利 mentality you need to 勝利，勝つ these games," he said.
Last season's treble 勝利者s lost two 連続した 首相 League games before the international break but bounced 支援する with 勝利，勝つs over Brighton & Hove Albion and at Young Boys in the 支持する／優勝者s League.
Erik ten Hag's 部隊d have won three straight games, 含むing their 劇の 1-0 勝利，勝つ over Copenhagen in the 支持する／優勝者s League on Tuesday.
City 鎮圧するd 部隊d 6-3 at home last season, but lost 2-1 at Old Trafford.
City also （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 部隊d in the FA Cup final this year and went on to matching 部隊d's 業績／成就 of the treble in 1999.
"It's 承認する - it's a good 競争," Guardiola said. "We won the treble, for us it was so important for us as a 味方する to arrive in Istanbul (for the 支持する／優勝者s League Final) with the chance to do that."
The Spanish 経営者／支配人 said it was too 早期に to tell which teams will challenge for the 首相 League 肩書を与える.
"All the teams are there. Some teams that are a bit behind can get 支援する," he said. "When you play just nine games, many things are going to happen still. We have been behind in February and March and still been able to 勝利，勝つ."
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Lori Ewing, editing by Ed Osmond)
