Man City have ‘the mental strength’ in home stretch, says Guardiola

Manchester City have the psychological energy to endure their packed schedule inside the closing stretch of the season as they goal a doable treble of trophies, supervisor Pep Guardiola talked about on Tuesday.

The reigning Premier League champions are one degree away from Arsenal with a sport in hand, they’ve booked a spot inside the FA Cup closing on June 3, and so they’re gearing up for a Champions League semi-final first leg away at Real Madrid subsequent week.

In all, Guardiola’s side have eight video video games over the next 25 days nevertheless the Spaniard talked about it was not the first time they have been battling on three fronts at this stage of the season.

“The players have one month and one week to fight… We have played the last six or seven years in this situation,” Guardiola instructed reporters ahead of Wednesday’s home sport in opposition to West Ham United.

“We’ve done it a lot, this is not the first time. Everything is here, the mental strength, the best period we can live and we are not tired. We have positive thoughts, so we are not tired. Now, it’s another opportunity. We have to recover and go for it.”

City went excessive of the league for the first time in two months with their 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday as Erling Haaland scored his record-equalling thirty fourth Premier League goal in a reasonably extraordinary debut season in England.

When requested if Haaland might break Dixie Dean’s long-standing doc of 63 targets in a season in England, Guardiola immediate he would not put it earlier the 22-year-old Norwegian, who has to this point scored 50 in all competitions.

“All (records) will be broken one day. I’m pretty sure he’ll score more in the Premier League before the end of the season,” Guardiola added.

“I don’t know what is going to happen. It is a surprise for us, but maybe not for him to do what he’s done in this difficult league. The way he behaves is for the success of the team.”

Guardiola talked about midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is a doubt for the game after he missed the weekend journey to Fulham nevertheless Dutch defender Nathan Ake has returned to teaching after recovering from a hamstring hurt.