‘They are in the fridge for two days’: Pep Guardiola orders his players to rest | Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has stated Manchester Metropolis’s gamers are within the “fridge for 2 days” as they try to get well from an exhausting 72 hoursbefore specializing in claiming a fourth consecutive Premier League title and a historic double-double. Metropolis’s 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea on Saturday at Wembley took them to a second successive remaining and retains them on track to be the primary English membership to win two doubles in a row. But it got here three days after taking part in 120 minutes and shedding a penalty shootout within the Champions League quarter-final to Actual Madrid on the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola was sad that Metropolis’s Cup semi-final was staged on Saturday somewhat than Sunday. Metropolis had been the one aspect of the 4 semi-finalists who performed in midweek. They sit third within the league on 71 factors, two behind Arsenal and Liverpool, having performed a recreation much less. The supervisor was requested in regards to the gamers’ preparation for his or her subsequent recreation, Thursday’s journey to Brighton. Guardiola stated: “They’re within the fridge for 2 days. Don’t see one another, keep at house together with your households. Attempt to relaxation,…