Guardiola: I will not sacrifice the Premier League for Real Madrid

The Spanish Pep Guardiola, Manchester City’s coach, commented on his team’s awaited match against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Guardiola said, in a statement highlighted by the official account of Fabrizio Romano, the Mercato expert, on the “X” platform: “I am not thinking about the Real Madrid match now. If we were 18 points ahead in the English Premier League, I would have looked at the Madrid match, but according to the current situation “No.”

He added: “We are in third place and not far from the top, but if we waste points it will be almost impossible to win the title, after 9 months of competing strongly in the Premier League, so why should we distract our attention now from the title with the match against Real Madrid.”.

He pointed out: “I think Foden could be a serious contender for the Premier League Player of the Year award. Many players have had a really good season, but I think Foden can definitely be a contender, because of the numbers, the continuity and the level of performance he is providing.”.