Pep Guardiola doesn’t assume Liverpool’s FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester City arms the Merseysiders a psychological benefit within the title race.
City supervisor Guardiola believes Saturday’s thrilling conflict at Wembley will solely be related going ahead if the 2 golf equipment meet once more within the Champions League last.
Liverpool received 3-2 on the nationwide stadium to maintain their quadruple bid on observe whereas on the similar time ending City’s hopes of successful a treble.
Attention now turns again to the enthralling title race between the 2 golf equipment, with City holding a one-point lead on the prime of the Premier League with seven video games left. They additionally each stay alive in Europe and will conflict once more in subsequent month’s last in Paris if City see off Real Madrid and Liverpool overcome Villarreal of their semi-finals.
Guardiola mentioned: “There is an opportunity we’ll play on the finish of the season, in case each groups attain the ultimate of the Champions League. So then I’ll watch what occurred.
“Now the psychology is now we have seven video games within the Premier League and we all know precisely what we must do to attempt to win the Premier League.
“We go game by game. We don’t have time (to dwell on the result). In four days we have another game, then after that Watford, then Madrid, then another one.”
City are subsequent in motion after they host Brighton on Wednesday.
Guardiola will hope playmaker Kevin De Bruyne and midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, who have been unused substitutes at Wembley with foot and knee accidents respectively, might be match to return.
Kyle Walker was additionally not concerned attributable to an ankle drawback as Guardiola made seven adjustments from the facet that got here by means of final Wednesday’s draining Champions League conflict at Atletico Madrid.
Guardiola mentioned: “When you’ve got all of the squad it’s simpler to deal with it. We want individuals to return again to face the scenario.
“The players in the second half would say they are sad and they are tired, but then how do they react? This has been our team for a long time. It doesn’t matter how we fight, we do it.”
Left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko can also be decided for City to bounce again shortly.
The Ukrainian mentioned: “The response of us within the second half is how we must always react in this type of scenario. We can not quit. We must struggle till the tip.
“At this stage, each sport is a last. It doesn’t matter what competitors it’s.
“We might be drained mentally, however it’s important to type these type of issues out at this stage. We have an enormous squad, now we have a variety of gamers who can play.
“We can not give excuses. Everyone was able to play. Everyone did every thing and left every thing on the pitch.
“We’re out of this competition, but there are two titles still to fight for.”