Pellegrini could snub FA Cup in Euro scheduling row

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that he will field a weak team in his clubs FA Cup tie with Chelsea if they are made to play the game on Sunday February 21.

With three points separating them from the Foxes at the top of the table, a home win at the Etihad Stadium this weekend could see Pellegrini’s side overtake Leicester and reshape the dynamics of what has become one of the most interesting title races in recent times. After the FA Cup tie at Chelsea and the Champions League clash away to Dynamo, they take on Liverpool at Wembley in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday, February 28 (kick-off 4.30pm) before facing Jurgen Klopp’s Reds again at Anfield in the Premier League on Wednesday, March 2. It’s the same at every club – the players must know that they must win the next game and that’s why we’re just thinking about Leicester.

He jokingly said: “I can not do all the press conference for you, you must try to help me a little bit more”.

Speaking about the appointment of his countryman as Manchester City’s new manager, Herrera told Spanish daily Marca: “I’m looking at it from a positive point of view. I think the first goal was very good for our confidence and then we closed all the space”.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has shrugged off suggestions of a potential conflict of interest after signing with Premier League’s Manchester City for next season, saying he was quite capable of mult-tasking.

“If you lose you still have a lot of things to fight for between now and the end of the season”. They’re going to make us do better ourselves. We couldn’t do it and now we are six points behind Leicester, but we have another 39 points to play for so it is important to be focused game by game and try to beat Tottenham here, as they are another team fighting for the title.

“I only know that his Chelsea, with all the difficulty that comes with it, won the Premier League last season with four weeks to spare. We’ll see if he can start working with the squad next week”. “The players must always think about the next game as it’s the only way to be successful”. Whenever I talk about my players, nobody is interested; I’m always being asked about other things.