FA Cup Semifinals Make Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola Headache

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. (Photo: Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Manchester City will be faced with a very crowded April after making sure they qualify for the FA Cup semifinals. Pep Guardiola's manager makes him dizzy.

He said City was not in a state of readiness. The Spanish manager said his team was in a state of exhaustion. "We are not ready, tired, and this (schedule) makes me have a headache. Hopefully this time we can prepare ourselves better," Guardiola said as quoted by the US on Tuesday, March 21.

The Citizens bagged tickets to the FA Cup semifinals after a 6-0 win over Burnley in the last eight. Erling Haaland and his friends will face Sheffield United.

The match between City vs Sheffield will be held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, April 22. Interestingly, the schedule was only three days after City played an away match at Bayern Munich's headquarters in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals

The tight schedule of matches in April is often a problem for City who are chasing more than one competition trophy. In the last six seasons, City have only won the FA Cup once and stumbled four times in the semifinals.

Guardiola admits that the schedule for the FA Cup semifinals and the quarter-finals of the Champions League that are often close together is a problem for his team. However, he could only surrender and hope his team can handle it better.

"The worst game we played was always the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. We were never really there," said Guardiola.

"Our performance is always very bad. Last years were always before or after the Champions League quarter-finals. Playing in the FA Cup final was a dream and this season we will try," he continued.