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·17 April 2021

Man City boss Guardiola dismisses criticism of FA Cup semifinal line-up

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola defended his team selection for their FA Cup semifinal defeat to Chelsea.

Guardiola responded to a journalist's question of whether he had made too many changes to his starting line-up.


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“What could I say?" he said. “Yeah when you have two-and-a-half days to recover and you play away, and we had to travel longer than three hours, and everyone deserves to play…

“But don't say we don't pay attention. This team won three finals in a row in the Carabao Cup.

“Say the team played bad, but it's a poor argument. You cannot do what we have done without paying attention. It was a tight game, we were not able to win, so again, congratulations to Chelsea.

“But if you believe we don't pay attention, what would you say if we win with eight changes?

“Don't say after the game we don't pay attention just because we lose the game. Say it before. Not after. We respect the FA Cup - we came here to win."

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