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Maresca on if he has spoken to Pep in the last few days:"I spoke with Pep the last time after Manchester United game, after the derby. That was the last time I spoke with Pep. But I know that he is coming on Tuesday."

How much does it mean to know he's got Guardiola's backing?

"It's always a pleasure. After 10 years time he can come any time he wants. Not just for game, for training session, at any moment. It will be nice for him, it will be nice for the fans, for everyone.

On that last answer Maresca was jokingly pointing out a journalist who had just asked about the charges.

The journalist seemed to see the funny side of it.

Only one or two questions to Maresca were not about City's guilty verdict.

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Maresca on if he shares the view of Manchester City chief executive officer Ferran Soriano that there is a conspiracy against the club by the Premier League:

"Again. I understand the reason why most of you are here, but the only thing that I can say is what I said already. That the reason I joined this club is that I completely trust, 100%, the owner, the CEO, the sporting director, all the organisation. So I don't have doubt about that.

Has he had any personal assurances from Sheikh Mansour?

"I spoke with the club for sure. We all trust, and probably the right moment to speak about that is when we are going to win this appeal."

Has he had any concerns about Sunday and the febrile atmosphere?

"It is the first time I saw your face here. So we don't know each other. But if you ask the guys that are here I'm always concerned, not just Liverpool, I will also be concerned about Ipswich. I know that Anfield is a nice pitch, probably will even more warm in terms of environment but the reason I decide to become manager is for this kind of game."

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Maresca on if City's achievements under Pep Guardiola look different now:

"Absolutely not. The last time I was here was the treble season. I know the effort from the players, from the club, from the manager in that time, that was Pep. So I know exactly the effort that the club put to achieve that kind of target. So I don't have any doubt about that."

So they don't feel tainted to you?

"Absolutely not."

Do you feel sympathy towards your current crop of players? They will be taking flak for the rest of the season.

"I said already, for me, the players. We can control just the pitch side, the football side. So we are focused on that, this is what we can do and what we can control. Not control something different.

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca: "First of all morning. I understand the reason why most of you are here. But the only thing I can say is something I already said. That there is a process ongoing and in this moment I totally trust the club. This is what I can say about that." Why do you trust the club? And if you are relegated would you stay?

"First of all I trust the club because I trust the people. So that is why I joined the club. And then there is not another club where I would try to be. So I'm very happy to be here, I'm very proud since day one. So this is myself."

And with that, the news conference finishes. We'll get the full quotes to you as quick as we can.

But the key responses are Enzo Maresca consistently saying he trusts the club, believes they will win their appeal and that City's titles are not tainted.

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Maresca says this situation is very different to the Calciopoli scandal and doesn't see many comparisons.

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Asked if the committee's findings had been published before he had joined whether he still would have, Maresca says "100%".

He says that's because he knows the club so well from before and that when he took the job he did not ask about the charges.

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Maresca is asked about team news. He says Erling Haaland is fine to play at Anfield.

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He says the club understand the seriousness of the situation, but again insists the focus is on City's next match.

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Maresca adds, "yes the noise is there but the players are relaxed.

"They are just thinking how they will beat Liverpool."

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Asked if he will be City manager no matter what, Maresca says he "won the Championship with Leicester, so if we go down to League One, we will see".

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Asked what he would do if Manchester City were to lose their appeal, Maresca replies with "But what will we do if Manchester City win?"

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Maresca says the players cannot avoid the situation. But he says his players are focused on winning games.

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Asked if he would walk away if he found out he had been lied to, Maresca says he would like to speak about this situation when City win their appeal. He says he can't speak about much until then.

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Maresca says he last spoke to Pep Guardiola after the Manchester derby. So, before the international break.

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Maresca says he doesn't feel City's titles have been tainted.

"Absolutely not" he says when asked.

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Asked why he trusts the club he says it's because he trusts the people and that's why he joined the club.

Asked if he'd stay at the club if they were relegated he says there's no other club in the world he'd rather be at.

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Maresca says he understands why all the journalists are assembled today.

He says the only thing he can say is that there is an ongoing process and in this moment he completely trusts the club.

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Enzo Maresca is here.