Pep Guardiola convinced Man City can make most of opportunity to win treble

independent.co.uk:

Pep Guardiola is convinced his Manchester City players will be ready to make the most of their “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to win the treble.Having wrapped up the Premier League title last weekend, City are now focusing on next month’s FA Cup and Champions League finals, in which they will face Manchester United and Inter Milan respectively.First, City need to finish off their Premier League campaign, which they will do at Brentford on Sunday, before the players have two days off.They will then return to training next week and give the two glamour ties full attention.City manager Guardiola said: “Everybody knows what position we are in.

It comes once in a lifetime, twice in a lifetime?“Being champions in the Premier League three games before the end and to play two finals – that doesn’t come every season.“Once we are there, first of all you have to relax and enjoy and do your best, but no-one can be sure we will be in that position again.We prepare for the finals like we prepare every single game.

We are not going to change any routine“They are ready. I see many details – how they come up on days off to make treatments, how many hours they stay to make the treatments, how players are individually concerned maybe they cannot play the FA Cup final and Champions League final.“When you see that you don’t have to tell anything and do anything.“We prepare for the finals like we prepare every single game.

We are not going to change any routine.”City have a number of fitness doubts ahead of the trip to the Gtech Community Stadium and Guardiola may be unwilling to take unnecessary risks given the magnitude of the games that follow.Defender Nathan Ake is the chief concern with the hamstring injury that has kept him out of the