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Pep Guardiola praised the strength of Manchester City’s squad as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh consecutive years.
Guardiola changed seven players for Wednesday night’s second leg win against Copenhagen with Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne given the night off with Sunday’s titanic Premier League clash against Liverpool coming up next.
City were still too strong for the Danes, repeating their 3-1 first leg win to advance 6-2 on aggregate. Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland were the scorers, all in the first half.
‘I needed energy and fresh legs, I know how tired and my other exhausted some of my players were,’ said Guardiola.
‘I know how Phil ran against United. I spoke with all of them, they said they were tired. The Premier League is the only place where you play Sunday and then Wednesday in the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola has claimed some of his players are 'exhausted' amid an intense run-in - and praised his
