Guardiola concerned about Man City's 'exhausted' players

By Peter Ochieng

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is not willing to talk about the possibility of his side winning a treble this season.

The Citizens are in the hunt for Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup glory.

Rivals and neighbours Manchester United remain the only team to win the three titles in a season, back in 1999.

Rather than speak about the prospect of his side winning the three, Guardiola is concerned about the welfare of his tired players.

"I’ll talk to you about it after we have won the FA Cup and Premier League,” he told the press ahead of FA semi final clash against Sheffield United on Sunday.

“Before the final of the Champions League we will start to talk of the treble. Look how far away it is. We are far, far away. How many times in this amazing country have trebles been done? How many years? How many teams? It is one. Once. Our neighbours did it in how many centuries? The best thing is to focus on if we have enough legs for tomorrow to compete against Sheffield United. Am I excited about the treble? Not at all," he added as quoted by goal.com.

He said his players were too tired to celebrate, after booking a slot in the Champions League semis at the expense of Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.

“I have to smell and talk. After the game in Munich they couldn’t really celebrate in the locker room because of how exhausted they were. I’ve rotated a lot in previous seasons and it wasn’t good.

City will face holders Real Madrid in Champions League semis next month.

On the league front, they trail leaders Arsenal with 5 points, but have an advantage of two games in hand, as the season enters the business end.