Ake: Many teams started pressing at high positions this season, which made it more difficult for us to control the ball

Ake was interviewed by Manchester City's official website and talked about the team's performance this season.

Ake said: "We have shown resilience this season. Maybe in the eyes of the outside world, many people think we can't do it, but we believe in ourselves. We know that the team has many different players and staff, so obviously everything will be new."

"What we are showing is that we are willing to work hard and work hard, we have achieved some good results, and have remained unbeaten in the past few games, and hope we can continue to maintain it."

"The key to winning the honor is unity, and we have experienced some difficulties after the first game. But we did not doubt ourselves, we remain firm and believed in ourselves, that's the key. We have been in the past It has been proven in a few games, and if we have this belief, we are still a very good team, we just need to keep improving and get better. "

" Nowadays, other teams use more man-to-man tactics, so they press forward in the formation, hoping to press us at a higher position. Sometimes, the game will automatically become more dynamic, because it is more difficult to maintain the ball now than a team that retreats across the board and gives us full control of the ball. "

" This is one of the major changes this year, and when the team adopts more one-on-one marking, we have to play more directly. This is not only the situation we face, but other teams will also encounter the same situation."