'We are tired' - Guardiola speaks out on congested Man City schedule - video Dailymotion

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has expressed his concerns about his side's tight fixture schedule ahead of an FA Cup trip to Luton Town.

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00:00 Of course we are tired. We are tired but we will recover in two days. We will sleep good,

00:08 we will eat good and we will be ready for Luton. I want to go through. I know it's

00:12 difficult, really one, but it's what it is. I see my players. We play Champions League

00:16 and all the teams have a long week in the Champions League because the schedule is that.

00:20 We play against Brentford and Brentford is dentist. Let's go to the dentist. You know,

00:26 without anaesthetic. Do you know why we play against Brentford? We play the World Cup in

00:30 Saudi Arabia, the two games. We don't have time. I see the schedule, three days and after

00:34 Tuesday to Sunday is a lot and after Champions League and then have another one and come

00:38 now the big mountains, United and maybe, I don't know, FA Cup of Brighton and after Liverpool

00:44 and Arsenal and Aston Villa. So, yeah, welcome. Still we are there, one point behind after

00:49 being champion for everything. So that's good. I thought, I don't know what's going to happen

00:54 with my players after winning everything, how they will react. Better than that is impossible.

00:57 Impossible. Impossible.