Removed on Saturday by Liverpool in the semi-finals of the FA Cup (2-3), Manchester City will play for their Premier League and Champions League options over the next ten days.
The ‘citizens’ welcome Watford tomorrow, eventually and fall into a desperate fight for permanence, with the aim of maintaining the Premier’s leadership and the pulse it maintains in Liverpool, following it to a point and measured in Sunday’s rival Everton in the Merseyside derby. Both teams have six games to finish the championship.
City need to park the Premier immediately because on Tuesday they will host Real Madrid at the Etihad in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, a competition the English club has never won after beating their first final against Chelsea in Porto last year. last season (1-0).
damn pressure
At today’s press conference, Guardiola confirmed that he is not thinking about the semi-final against Real Madrid. “I think the available players, the best team to win at Watford”, he stressed and, despite the overload of games, he confessed that “being in the semi-finals of the Champions League and the fight for in the league is a joy, a pleasure. “.
A pressure that does not affect Pep. “Of course we enjoyed it. We’d rather be in this position than not have a chance to win these titles,” Guaradiola acknowledged.
However, Pep is faced with a defensive puzzle because of the players pulling on the discomfort. Right-back Kyle Walker, who was injured on April 13 against Atlético in the quarterfinals (second leg) of the Champions League, has missed the next three games and will be reviewed before the game to decide if he can reappear today.
The defense, between the cottons
Center supporters John Stones and Nathan Aké, who were replaced by discomfort on Wednesday against Brighton, are in the same situation. Central defender Rúben Dias reappeared in the second half of this match after suffering a muscle injury on March 1st.
“You have to try to recover the injured and have a fresh mind, relaxed and prepared,” Guardiola said, appealing to his players ’experience in decisive battles with titles at stake.
Source: La Verdad
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