Guardiola admits, five days from Real Madrid, that “we are tired”

Pep Guardiolacoach of City of Manchesterhe said this Friday, five days before the return of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against the real Madrid at the Etihad (3-3 in the first leg), that “we have a problem, we are tired”. The coach of the ‘citizen’ team announced that Ederson He will start this Saturday against Cooked and against too real Madrid at the Etihad (3-3 in the first leg), instead of Stephen Ortega: “Ederson This is the first option. He is recovered, ready to play against Real Madrid and tomorrow (vs Cooked) and the next match. “We made this decision for a number of reasons.”

The coach of City of Manchester He did not want to comment on the physical condition of Nathan Ake, Phil Foden and Kyle Walker: “We’ll practice this afternoon and see how they feel.”

If it is difficult to concentrate in the game against Luton

“We have to do it, the Premier is so important – we fight for 11 months for this title, we know what position we are in and we can’t lose points. It’s okay, we have to do our job.”

About Rodri, who said he needed a break.

“Look at our games and you’ll see. It’s simple. Rodri is very important for the quality he gives us. But if you have a player who doesn’t want to play, he won’t play. If he’s tired, he can pass and play the other player.”We’ll decide what we do.”

“I wanted to rest the centre-backs, but we couldn’t. In the friendlies with (England), (John Stones and Kyle Walker) were injured and couldn’t rest. We were in big, big trouble. In the last few games I had the feeling that we were tired. Tomorrow we will decide what we should do.

On what Haaland must do to win the Ballon d’Or

“He needs to play more minutes to know what you have to do. But the goal is not the Ballon d’Or, the goal is to win trophies and he did. Did we win five trophies last season without him (Haaland)? No option. “It’s not about Erling or any other player. Until one retires, he will improve.”