Guardiola tells players to eat ‘good food and sleep a lot’ before Liverpool clash

Pep Guardiola is anticipating a ‘laborious’ recreation in opposition to Liverpool within the FA Cup semi-finals tomorrow and doesn’t need any ‘excuses’ from his gamers following the conflict at Wembley.

The Cityzens head into the sport off the again of a goalless draw in opposition to Atletico Madrid that secured their progress by means of to the final 4 of the Champions League.

“Semi-finals of the FA Cup are at all times laborious in opposition to this facet, even with the highest gamers match and rested,” Guardiola mentioned in his press convention (by way of Football365).

“I’ve discovered as a supervisor whenever you arrive within the latter levels in all competitions you adapt to the schedule. If you wish to complain (for a security) web, you make a mistake. It’s what it’s.

“Now we have fought each season like this and we undergo, and we’re going to carry out properly.

“I mentioned to the gamers I don’t need any excuses.”

The previous Barcelona boss additionally revealed the reasoning behind why he requested for the squad to fly straight from the Spanish capital to the English capital relatively than returning again house first.

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Metropolis skilled at The Den, the house of Millwall, earlier at the moment within the hope that the gamers might be ‘as recent as attainable’.

“We thought if we went again to Manchester and skilled there after coming again, it might be exhausting to journey from Manchester to London.

“We need to have the legs as recent as attainable with the unimaginable confidence I’ve.

“It’s not ultimate, we all know that, however I inform the gamers to have good massages, good meals and sleep rather a lot, as many hours as attainable. At 3:30pm we might be there and attempt to win the sport.”

It appears set to be one other exhilarating recreation, just like the Premier League conflict between the 2 sides final week.

Each league video games have ended 2-2 this season, however there might be a winner somehow tomorrow, even when it requires penalties to resolve who’s progressing by means of to the ultimate.

Let’s hope the lads can put in a stable show to place us one step nearer to successful the one trophy Jurgen Klopp is but to win as Liverpool boss.