"It's not about winning or not winning trophies, it's about how the team grows up, how the team gets better, Last season we didn't deserve to win more than just one trophy [the Community Shield], because we didn't play well. The satisfaction of winning a trophy when we are not playing well can happen, if the knockout stages are lucky. But it's not about that, believe me."
"We are here to make the team play better, for the satisfaction of making a good performance for ourselves and our fans to say, 'We had fun for 95 minutes!' That is the point. And the next game, things that we can do better, we will do it better. That is the target, and all the time it has been like that. When you are in that process, at the end you fight for the titles and can win them."
Manchester City will visit St James' Park for the first leg of an EFL Cup semi-final against Newcastle United, with a place in the final at stake. City won the EFL Cup four times during the manager's first five seasons and have progressed from each of their last six EFL Cup semi-finals. The club's most recent EFL Cup victory came in 2020–21. League and European successes followed, including three Premier League titles, an FA Cup and a Champions League. Improving team performance and stylistic development is prioritized over securing trophies through fortunate knockout results. The focus is on producing enjoyable, consistent performances that lead to titles.
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