{"id":183393,"date":"2023-01-11T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guardiola-ponders-ridiculous-plans-for-manchester-citys-derby-date-at-united-manchester-city\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T07:41:09","slug":"guardiola-ponders-ridiculous-plans-for-manchester-citys-derby-date-at-united-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guardiola-ponders-ridiculous-plans-for-manchester-citys-derby-date-at-united-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola ponders ‘ridiculous’ plans for Manchester City’s derby date at United | Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pep Guardiola says he is considering \u201cridiculous\u201d plans for Manchester City’s derby at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Saturday.<\/p>\n

City first play at Southampton in the Carabao Cup quarter-final on Wednesday, but the manager is already assessing strategies to try to defeat their crosstown rivals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have a few ideas, thoughts \u2013 ridiculous ones against United \u2013 but still I didn’t watch their last games,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cI have to see the way they play at home and if they change something. I still have to review it; that is why I don’t have a clear lineup [yet] against United.\u201d<\/p>\n

After City beat Chelsea in last Thursday’s league fixture at Stamford Bridge Guardiola rested key players for the A Cup win against the same opposition at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, including Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. Freshness will be a factor in Guardiola’s selection for the derby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [Cup] game against Chelsea I made a lot of changes for one reason: how tired I saw some players after the game [in London], after the trip. We arrived too late back and in the training the day after I saw the players tired. It also depends on those who didn’t play against Chelsea. I would like to arrive against United with the average of minutes in the legs of the players quite similar.\u201d<\/p>\n

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