By EFE
Apr 19, 2024, 1:43 PM EDT
Pep GuardiolaManchester City coach, assured that They are not “machines” and that fatigue existsafter Real Madrid eliminated them in the Champions League quarterfinals and they have to compete again this Saturday in the FA Cup semi-finals.
City will face Chelsea this Saturday with the objective, once the option of winning the treble is over, de being the first team in English football to win the Premier League and FA Cup two seasons in a row.
“We have no other option,” Guardiola said this Friday, about getting up after the defeat against Madrid. “We cannot feel sorry for ourselves. We were at our best level, but we couldn’t win. We don’t have time to reflect, we’ll do that in the summer.”
Regarding the possible fatigue of the team, which until Wednesday was alive in three competitions, being the only England team in that circumstanceHe said it’s normal.
“With the number of games we have played this season and in previous ones, it is normal. There is not much time to recover. We played an extra time. We are not machines, the fatigue is there“said Guardiola, who has doubts about Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland about facing Chelsea this weekend.
“Kevin seems fine. He was very tired and after five months injured it is normal. Erling has some muscle“.
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