Iniesta speaks of the importance of Guardiola in his game

Players, employees and fans lived the step of Pep Guardiola by the FC Barcelona like something escepcional. The man that went back to bet by the football of Johan Cruyff and recovered the joy and the competitiveness to a club to the that belonged almost all his life and by which gave it everything. It is thus that, for a person like Andrés Iniesta, the influence and the importance that had the one of Santpedor for his football and training was incredible. Like this it showed it in an interview for "Manchester Evening News".

"The things had not begun well the season 2008-09, but I believed in him because "I felt a connection", began saying the one of Fuentealbilla to add that "when the things come of inside, know that they are real. I felt me of this way, as if it had to support it". From the first moment the things were distinct, sustains the manchego.

"When we went back of the Eurocopa of 2008 and went to St. Andrews Already could see that with him would change the things, that was different. Until then there was not a clear-cut style and he changed it. We needed it", it confessed the right-handed interior. The main tactical modifications of Pep were the following: "Throw the pivote further back to begin to arm the game. And in the trainings, in place that the two interiors awaited in his position to receive, pushed them to forward so that there were more lines of pass".

"Claudio Bravo was a big goalkeeper but a player of field more"

All this, sustains was expressed "in the first sessions, as well as the one of presionar the further up possible in front of an eventual loss of the balloon". Now it does not have fear to confront to the Catalan technician in the UEFA Champions League. A duel where will go back to see the faces with his fellow Claudio Bravo, to the that remembers with affection.  "Claudio always has been important for us, was a big goalkeeper but a player of field more. A support and an initiator of the played".

Guardiola Will leave footprint in the City and will help to his to improve

Going back to the subject of Pep, Iniesta sustained that the trainer will leave footprint in the group "citizen" as like this it did in the Barça or in the Bayern of Munich. "It knows to adapt and I am sure that also it will do it in England". Don Andrés thinks also that his fellow Arteta will help him in this process of adaptation: "Has to people like Mikel Arteta, that knows very well the Premier. It goes to help it a lot in this process".

The signings also will help him as "the City has fichado very well and has a very competitive team. For example, Nolito, to the that know well because it was a mate of team in the FC Barcelona and now is it with Spain. It has had a big beginning and expect that it can continue like this".

Finally it declared admire absolute of the Canarian David Silva, that with the arrival of the Catalan has gone back to lucir as in his best times. "I have admired it during years. I think that it is exceptional. The players learn day in day out, with the experience, with the mates of team and the trainers. I have learnt a lot with Pep. He helped me to improve and, sure, goes to do the same in the City", concluded