Manchester City's struggling stars will be forced to sleep at the club's training ground overnight ahead of their 12.30pm Boxing Day showdown with Everton. Pep Guardiola revealed that his charges will be dragged away from their family homes and insisted he hopes they embraces the measure with open arms.
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City have lost nine of their last 12 matches, the worst run of Guardiola's managerial career, and last tasted victory on December 4 against Nottingham Forest. Their stars were given the morning and afternoon with their loved ones, and it is not uncommon for footballers to be hauled later in on Christmas Day.
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They debuted the overnight sleeping measure in 2014, becoming the first Premier League club to do so, effectively using the 'Etihad Campus’ as a hotel the night before home games. 'We train today (Tuesday), we train tomorrow (Wednesday) night, we will stay over here and we are going to play on Boxing Day,' said Guardiola.
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Pep Guardiola is forcing Man City's stars to sleep at their training ground ahead of their Boxing Day clash with Everton. it is not uncommon for stars to be hauled in to training on Christmas Day in the afternoon. City became the first Premier League club to house their players overnight at their complex in 2014.
'Hopefully they want to be here, because it’s our job.'. Everton have proved their mettle in recent times with a 4-0 win over Wolves before holding Arsenal and Chelsea to 0-0 draws. City are hoping to arrest an alarming loss of form which has seen them slip to seventh in the Premier League and four points off fourth-placed Forest.
