Man City can't celebrate victory over Bayern because it's too tired

*Man City - Sheffield: 22:45 Saturday, April 22, Hanoi time.

Man City is facing the opportunity to make a historic season with a treble. They took a step towards their goal of winning the Champions League, knocking out Bayern in the quarterfinals. Ahead of them is the semi-final against Sheffield United at Wembley and the middle of next week is the confrontation with Arsenal - the match that is likely to decide the race for the Premier League title this season. However, with ambition comes physical challenges for Guardiola's teachers and students.

"I need to see how the players are doing today," Guardiola said on April 21, in a press conference before the match against Sheffield United. "After the trip to Munich, they couldn't even celebrate because they were so tired. Today we will train and I will talk to some players."

The Spaniard said: "Last season, or the last three or four years, we often didn't play well when we reached this round. One factor that caused that was fatigue. Man City are meeting again. That's the problem. The two Champions League quarter-finals really drained us and the team needs time to recover. Every season I have the feeling that Man City is not ready physically. Hopefully this year will be different."

Sheffield is playing in the First Division, which can be considered an easier opponent than Liverpool in the semi-finals last season. However, Guardiola does not think so. According to him, Sheffield plays at a low level but keeps the identity of a difficult opponent like under Chris Wilder. "They're a win or two away from promotion. It's going to be an extremely difficult game," he said, referring to Sheffield's strengths, such as the way set-pieces are organized, the ability to play. to the ball from both sides.

Man City will not have Nathan Ake, a player who has been regularly ranked at left-back recently, due to a hamstring injury in the 1-1 draw with Bayern in midweek. Guardiola has not been informed of the seriousness of this injury, only certain that the Dutch player cannot play. Phil Foden can start after returning to the bench in the Bayern match.