“We are really exhausted. I don’t know how we will recover. Now is a difficult time,” coach Pep Guardiola complained about Man City being stressed on many fronts at the moment this.
Coach Pep Guardiola admitted Man City was “exhausted” in the race to win the historic treble this season (Image: AP).
Man City continued to show extreme form when defeating Sheffield United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup with a score of 3-0 with a hat-trick of Riyad Mahrez. Previously, Man City defeated Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League a few days ago. The Citizen is also 5 points behind the top team Arsenal but has played 2 fewer matches in the Premier League.
“In today’s soccer , no team gets a break. We have been racing against Arsenal since September. In the Champions League we didn’t have time to breathe and today we have an FA Cup semi-final. with Sheffield United. We don’t even know how to get there,” coach Pep Guardiola lamented.
However, the Spaniard thinks Man City are lucky to have Erling Haaland – who has scored 48 goals in 41 games this season despite missing a penalty against Bayern Munich in the quarter-final second leg. Championship.
Erling Haaland has contributed to 48 goals in 41 games for Man City in all competitions this season (Image: Getty).
“When needed, he will be there. He is a threat to every goalkeeper. We are talking about a boy. How old is he? 21-22? He has a whole future ahead of him. He learns every day from what he is doing. He’s a great machine, a great scoring machine.
He likes to feel pressured. He always shows his bravery, wants to make and score goals from the penalty spot, but he will learn in the future even if he misses. He will be stronger and more confident after this mistake. Erling finished really, really well. He’s too young,” coach Pep Guardiola praised Erling Haaland.
Sharing about the Champions League semi-final with difficult opponent Real Madrid, the 52-year-old coach said: “The experience that we have in this match, the players really feel it. Champions League, we want to finish it well. This means we have to beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals next month, who beat us in the quarter-finals last year.”
“Football is weird. Last year, we could have won 2-0 at the Bernabeu in the second leg, with Mendy’s save from Grealish’s shot, but instead we didn’t lost in extra time For us this will be the third semi-final in three years. It seems unbelievable.
As for Madrid, they have 14 championships. They did a great job! All the clubs in Europe have the feeling and know that if you want to win this tournament you have to beat Real Madrid. It was the same with Barcelona before, but now it’s Real Madrid,” concluded coach Pep Guardiola.
