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Man City boss Guardiola unhappy with demanding schedule

Manchester City are facing another nightmare scheduling situation in the coming weeks.

The Citizens play a Champions League tie, a quarter-final leg against Bayern Munich, on a Wednesday.

City will then have to play an FA Cup semi final at Wembley on Saturday, given Manchester United will play Brighton in the other semi at Wembley on Sunday.

"We will play on the Saturday for sure – even if United are beaten by Fulham. We will play Saturday, don't worry," Guardiola said after beating Burnley 6-0 in their quarter final this weekend.

"Hopefully one year we can play the semi-finals here in Manchester – the Wembley people come here to change the dynamic," he said.

"The worst games we have played is always semi-final of FA Cup at Wembley.

"Never we were there. Our performances were really poor every time.

"But the last years always before or after the Champions League quarter-final and we travelled. We were tired."

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