Guardiola thinks of Allardyce and then Ancelotti

Before the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid (this Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabéu), Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester Cityalready stated the leeds It will be a dangerous opponent this Saturday under the direction of its interim coach, Sam Allardycedue to the dose of motivation that often causes teams a change of coach. Veteran Allardyce replaced the dismissed Javi Gracia.

If he wins the Leeds, the City, leader of the Premier, is found with a 4 point advantage in Arsenalnow 2nd and visiting Sunday at newcastle. But leedsfourth from the tail but with the same points as Nottingham Forest (in the relegation zone), permanence is played.

“Always the effect a coach has on the players in the first two games… Of course all teams play for important things, but in the case of leeds…”, he claimed Guardiola.

“I don’t know the system you’re going to play (Allardyce), we don’t have any information. This is also a very important game for us”, the words of the ‘citizen’ coach.

He city, who is looking for a triplet, defeat the Westham 3-0 on Wednesday also in the Premier and 19 games unbeaten in all competitions. On June 3 he will play the FA Cup final against City of Manchester.

Guardiola He said he was proud of how his players handled the pressure of fighting for three titles:

“The fact that we play many, many games in the season is not new, but I admire my players for the fact that they do it again and again. There are many games with great tension. We trained today, yesterday. , very tired the team. We have to see how the players recover”.

Guardiola added: “We will focus on how they are, physically and mentally… It is very important tomorrow to be 4 points ahead of Arsenalso all the focus is on the fight against leeds“.