Guardiola waters down Manchester City treble talk
Pep Guardiola insisted Manchester City is "far away" from winning the domestic treble despite reaching the FA Cup final at the weekend.
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City came from behind to beat Southampton in its semi-final on Sunday (AEST), with Nico Gonzalez's stunner securing another trip to Wembley Stadium next month.
City is the first side to qualify for four consecutive FA Cup finals, while it has now won each of its 22 games against lower league teams since the start of 2018-2019, the longest such streak of any top-flight side in the competition鈥檚 history.
Guardiola has now won 45 of his 53 matches with City in the FA Cup, with his 85 per cent win rate being the highest of any manager in the competition鈥檚 history.
He has now reached five FA Cup finals. Only George Ramsay, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have reached more, both reaching eight each.
City has already won the Carabao Cup this term, and it is second in the Premier League, three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand on the Gunners.
Nevertheless, Guardiola believes it is too early to entertain the idea of a domestic treble, which he achieved with City in 2019.
"Too much, far away," Guardiola said, when asked about the prospect of the treble.
"Before the final, before the Aston Villa game [on the final weekend] I would tell you it was a chance. Now it's far, far away.
"Now it's important, we have three days off for the players, I told them, don't think about football, rest.
"Now we start a season for five games plus the final."
Next up for City is a trip to Everton in the Premier League, by which point it could be six points behind Arsenal, albeit with games in hand.

































