Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City’s players are in the “fridge for two days” as they attempt to recover from an exhausting 72 hours before focusing on claiming a fourth consecutive Premier League title and a historic double-double.
City’s 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea on Saturday at Wembley took them to a second successive final and keeps them on course to be the first English club to win two doubles in a row. Yet it came three days after playing 120 minutes and losing a penalty shootout in the Champions League quarter-final to Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium.