Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has claimed his side do not have enough players to face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup before condemning the scheduling for City sky.
Pep Guardiola has claimed Manchester City did not have enough players to face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup five days before the start. The Spanish manager also attacked the match schedule. The former Premier League champions played their first and only friendly match. During the World Cup winter break on Saturday, December. Against sister club Girona and won 2-0 thanks to goals from Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne
But only four first-team players were included : Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez , reserve left-back Sergio Gomez and second-choice goalkeeper Stefan Ortega. who participated in the competition The rest of the matchday squad is made up of young players. And for this event, Guardiola isn’t too optimistic. About the status of his squad for Thursday December‘s Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool at the Etihad stadium.
When asked how difficult it was to plan for that UFABET game, Guardiola told the club’s website: “We have four players. We have four or five players. So we have to look at other people. How to come back. We are in a difficult time. We don’t have players. But you know that. The smartest man in football (sarcastically) thought they would set up a schedule like this in order for us to play this game.”
Man City players A number of City have reached the finals of the World Cup. Only one, though, Julian Alvarez, will play in the final on Sunday December 18, 2022, and they will return to training in the coming days . Ola said of his returning players: “Some players are coming now, in the next few days and will gradually join the people here. They’re coming back soon, so Nathan [Ake] and Aymeric (La Porte) and Rodri are back. Then the English and Portuguese players will return.
Guardiola is happy At least with the form of the team in the game against Girona, saying, “Yes, really good, it’s the first game after a long absence. Especially for some players who don’t play much ′′ ′ ′ It’s been a long time since Erling, Sergio and Riyad didn’t play. It’s a great time for all of us. And we played with our friends, the Girona team, yes, very good,” the Manchester City manager added. “We are all happy for him. He will play the final. He had to deal with what had happened. He had a few days off. and after that he will return.”