Pep Guardiola's furious reaction to Newcastle question shows Man City plan for FA Cup tie

Manchester City have ten finals left in the Premier League but can park their title race focus for two weeks with an FA Cup quarter-final up next.

Win, and City go into the international break still in three competitions. Lose, and it's two weeks until a title showdown with Arsenal with plenty to think about. Pep Guardiola will never admit to thinking about a treble until City are one game away from winning a competition - but will also know that there are plenty of games where their hopes of retaining their three titles from last season are on the line.

So far, the Blues have successfully managed that pressure. They put six past Luton in the FA Cup quarter-final, and six (over two legs) past Copenhagen. They held their nerve at Anfield to remain within one point of the top of the Premier League. So far, they are dealing well with the pressure.

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However, it may be in the back of their minds that Newcastle are the side who knocked them out of the Carabao Cup in September, ending their prospective hopes of a quadruple. Guardiola was completely baffled at the notion that the quadruple was 'lost' that night, and if the treble ends on Saturday, expect the same attitude. He doesn't talk about the treble, his players don't, so he won't entertain questions about it until the games that will win a trophy.

"You think the target was to win the quadruple? Honestly, it's not," he said that night. "We compete really good, that's what I saw and we are more than satisfied to win the treble. Our expectations are