Pep Guardiola extraordinary Man City rant in full after FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea

Pep Guardiola has launched into a lengthy rant after Manchester City beat Chelsea to reach the FA Cup final.

City claimed a 1-0 win at Wembley Stadium on Saturday in the semi-final, with Bernardo Silva scoring the winning goal in the second half. Victory for Guardiola's side will now set up a final against either Manchester United or Coventry City next month in the capital.

The win for City comes just three days after the defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final. City lost to the La Liga giants in a penalty shootout at the Etihad Stadium, but still managed to recover in time to feature against Chelsea at Wembley a few days later.

The decision to play the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday is one that has irritated Guardiola, and he went on to express his frustrations in a lengthy rant after the game. Guardiola was speaking to BBC Sport where he was joined by Gary Lineker, Micah Richards, Frank Lampard and Alan Shearer on the touchline at Wembley, where he was asked about the turnaround between the games against Real Madrid and Chelsea.

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"It is unacceptable. It is really unacceptable," Guardiola told the BBC. "Coventry [and] Man United and Chelsea don't play in the week and let us play today. Next week on Friday would be better, instead of Saturday put it [the match] on Friday for recovery.

"It is for the health of the players. It is not normal. Honestly, it is not normal. It is not possible. It is unacceptable to go 120 minutes. All of you are football players. The emotion too, Madrid, the way we lose.

"I know in this country this