Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has no doubts about the motivation levels of his players.
City returned from their Abu Dhabi training camp last week to win their FA Cup tie at Tottenham on Friday.
"It's one step at a time but I judge if my team are alive based on every single day, which you don't have the pleasure to see," Guardiola said. "When we came back from Abu Dhabi with two days of training, I said that the team is there.
"Don't tell me why but they are there. They argue with each other, with the competition we make in training sessions, they want to win, they want to be there. The focus they have, the way that we warm up. how they talk, how they communicate, how they celebrate now, how they celebrated Newcastle.
"Of course we're going to lose games but I have the duty to see how we perform, not just the result. Of course we want to win but in the last action if they make a transition and score, should we be angry? Yeah but what can I say to the team?
"We controlled them and made them suffer when every other game they created 10 or 15 changes. Cry for a few hours and tomorrow [it is] back to business.
"They have done it many times. I'm surprised a little bit of my players because after what we have done they are still there. New players are involved quickly. That made me feel so proud to be part of this club."