Every word from Pep Guardiola press conference ahead of Man City vs Manchester United

Pep Guardiola spoke to the press on Friday afternoon ahead of the first Manchester derby of the season.

Manchester City will make the short trip to Old Trafford on Sunday to take on their local rivals Manchester United in what is set to be an interesting affair. The Blues go into the match rejuvenated after picking up hard-fought wins over Brighton and Young Boys in their last two outings.

United have also had a good week after stringing three wins together for the first time this season. Since the international break, they have dramatically defeated Sheffield United and FC Copenhagen.

Other than Kevin De Bruyne, Guardiola has a fully-fit squad to choose from for the match. Kyle Walker, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol and Phil Foden were all given the night off in mid-week.

You can see everything he had to say below.

The open section of the press conference has now come to a close.

"With the intuition and quality that Messi has to analyse what happened on the pitch in world football and he has been on both sides, why should i not believe him? I cannot talk about Argentina because I'm not there. He was in Argentina and Barcelona so it's nice.

"If we are close to the world champions, it's nice. I'm really surprised in tough moments like the QF against Holland when they were two up and immediately it is 2-2. Normally the teams go down in knockout games. Emotions are so important, how they handled their emotions.

"They played better than before. The first half they played in the final against France is so difficult to find. it was one of the best finals I have seen. The reaction from France was fantastic but in that moment you see the trophy there, immediately at 2-0 it was 2-2. Teams can be destroyed but they reacted in