Pep Guardiola feels schedule makes staying at top of game ‘impossible’ for City Pep Guardiola has warned that it is “impossible” to sustain Manchester City’s status at the top of the world game due to the demands of the global fixture schedule.
These players have done something no other team in this country has done and these players would have done it again were it not for the schedule.
“These players have done something no other team in this country has done and these players would have done it again were it not for the schedule.”.
But noting the way his squad has been stretched in recent weeks, Guardiola told Sky Sports: “You can survive for a few games but we’ve been doing it for over a month with players with a lot of minutes in their legs.
Guardiola leads his side into Sunday’s Manchester derby on the back of a remarkable run of seven defeats in their last 10 games, including just one win.
