Pep Guardiola is already thinking about how Manchester City can maximise their chances of reaching the FA Cup final.
City moved into the quarter-finals of the competition with a 3-0 win at Championship side Bristol City, but despite being favourites to lift the trophy they have only actually won it once under Guardiola, back in 2019. Since then, there have been three successive tame exits at the semi-final stage, to Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool respectively.
Guardiola admitted after beating Bristol City that in recent years his team have had too little left in the tank after going all out in their Champions League quarter-final days before their trip to Wembley. Two years ago, City won in Dortmund before last season's bruising encounter with Atletico in Madrid.
