Pep Guardiola insists all thoughts of Manchester City’s Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid have been put to one side ahead of Sunday’s trip to Everton.
City will hope to claim a place in the final when they host the Spanish giants next Wednesday after drawing 1-1 in the first leg of their last-four tie on Tuesday.
Yet the Premier League leaders have little opportunity to ease up beforehand as they face the relegation-threatened Toffees in a clash crucial at both ends of the table.
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Guardiola said at a press conference: “My thought is just Everton – no more than that.
“It’s 11 months working for the Premier League. We don’t have much time to Madrid because we play Sunday – thank you so much – but it’s a real, real priority, Goodison Park.”
Real have an extra day’s rest before the second leg as they are in action on Saturday this weekend.
He said: “I can’t understand it but I’m not going to fight it anymore.
“I don’t understand it but we have to adapt. The schedule, it is what it is.”
