Pep Guardiola feels his Manchester City players will need to cool off “in the fridge” after their exertions of the past few days.
City responded to last Wednesday’s draining penalty shootout loss to Real Madrid by digging in for a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday.
The win, secured by a late goal from Bernardo Silva, maintained their hope of defending the domestic double but Guardiola later hit out at the scheduling of the fixture.
The @BernardoCSilva strike that secured our place in the #FACup final! pic.twitter.com/yCufXbtZ1h
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 21, 2024
The City boss felt his players should have been allowed more rest after their European game and he now intends to give t