Winning FA Cup would be perfect preparation for Real Madrid Test, – Pep Guardiola .
Pep Guardiola through challenged his City’s players to ready for their Champions League showdown with Real Madrid by lifting the FA Cup.
City will tete-a-tete Real in the season’s end mini-tournament when they back to European action and having passed their Premier League crown to Liverpool previous week, they are ascertained to bulky their trophy collection before locking horns with the Spanish king.
He said: “We are delighted after the defeat against Chelsea to be in London again at Wembley to play against Arsenal in the semi-final to try to reach the final of the FA Cup.
Always it’s an incredible trophy and it gives us an extra bonus. We spoke after what happened in the Premier League – we need two more victories to qualify for Champions League.
“But we have two competitions we can win. We made the first step today. It will be good to arrive against Real Madrid in the best condition.
“To win this title would be the best way to prepare for Madrid.”
Manchester City took a meaningful step towards doing so on Sunday when they confirmed an FA Cup semi-final with Arsenal by beating Newcastle 2-0 at St James’ Park, and Guardiola is in no mood to let his team stop there.
