Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, said that last summer's Club World Cup helped the team dispel the "fog" that surrounded the club in the 2024/25 season, in which they lost the chance to win the fifth English championship. City are competing with Arsenal and Aston Villa for the top of the Premier League and achieved their sixth consecutive victory over Nottingham Forest, not Saturday (2-1). Speaking to British journalists this Sunday, Guardiola explained that the psychological turning point happened after a meeting between several club directors, including the Portuguese Hugo Viana. “When we faced Al Hilal, it wasn't that we didn't win, but that we were so good. We entered the holiday season and I just said: 'OK, go on holiday'. I was upset because we were good, with the boys training well. In Boca Raton, on the beachfront, everyone was happy. We had a lot of dinners, a lot of conversations [sobre] what we have to do next season. We wanted to prolong this, just to live in the moment», he began by recalling. «After talking to Pep [Lijnders] and James [French]Manuel [Estiarte]or Hugo [Viana] eo Txiki [Begiristain]we turned around and realized that something had changed. Energy, energy, energy. We lost that last season. We started to train better, compete better. This doesn't mean that we will win, but that we are able to recognize the team. Now there are eight consecutive victories. It's not easy, but we compete the way we know how. We have to improve, for sure, but that mentality is the best", admitted the Spaniard. Manchester City was eliminated in the round of 16 of the World Cup and came third in the Premier League. He 'only' won the Community Shield. This season they are competing on all fronts.