Guardiola Makes Strong And Urgent Statement After Man City's Progression to UCL Semifinal

• Manchester City have qualified for the semifinal of the Champions League beating Atletico Madrid in strong battle
• Pep Guardiola who is in charge of the Citizens has expressed concern over fears of potential burnout
• City are still strong contenders for the Premier League title and are also in the semifinal of the FA Cup

Pep Guardiola has expressed serious concern about potential burnout within his squad despite progressing to the Champions League semifinal sending Atletico Madrid out of the competition.

Manchester City defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of their quarterfinal played at the Etihad stadium and held the Spanish giants to goalless draw in the return leg.

There were also drama in the return leg in Spain as Atletico Madrid star Felipe was sent off in the 90th minute.

According to the report on GOAL, Pep Guardiola was happy with the result his wards got in Spain, but the Spaniard is scared of fatigue in his squad due to their fixtures.

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Pep Guardiola's reaction about his squad

''We can't forget we played three days ago, travelled, came here, have a lot of injuries now and I don't know what will happen in the next weeks.

"We cannot play all the time and score four or five goals, we are human beings - we come from a difficult game against Liverpool.

"We are in big trouble."

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