Pep Guardiola sends Real Madrid warning to his Man City players

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have focused on how they can hurt Real Madrid as they look to knock the La Liga winners out of the Champions League. The Blues have spent the last two weeks preparing for as many situations they can think of to leave as little to chance as possible for the second leg of their last-16 game.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero’s fight to make the final stages of the Champions League – if Manchester City get there – is looking increasingly difficult.

straight to your inbox Fernandinho has warned his Manchester City teammates that they must be 'cautious' of Real Madrid and that their upcoming Champions League encounter will be 'complicated.' City have a 2-1 away goal advantage following the victorious first leg in the last 16 tie back in February, with Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne notching the goals in a historic win at the Bernabeu.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has said that records do not matter as much as memories and experiences, and whether Kevin De Bruyne sets a new Premier League record for assists or not this season he will still go down as one of the best players to have graced the league.But he really, really, really should be able to set the record and it will be down to his Manchester City teammates if he does not.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has downplayed the importance of tactics for the Real Madrid game.Manchester City put in a disciplined performance at the Bernabeu to come away with a 2-1 win, playing without the ball for more of the match than they usually would before bouncing back from going behind to take the advantage into the second leg.Much has changed in football and the world since the two teams were meant to play the second leg.

straight to your inboxGabriel Jesus says he prefers to operate from the left-wing but says his progress in the central role makes this season his best-ever for Manchester City.Jesus is preparing for City's final Premier League game of the season, and can make history if he scores against Norwich on Sunday.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City players that any slackening-off against Norwich could cost them their place in the team to face Real Madrid. And the Blues boss has made it plain that he wants them to get the three goals needed to take them past the 100 goals for the second time in three years.Guardiola gave his squad two days off this week, but made it plain that was simply because neither they nor the Canaries have anything left to play for.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola will be watching his Manchester City players train over the next few weeks to decide which of them are the most committed to take on Real Madrid.Real Madrid have taken a break after winning La Liga but the Blues will not put their feet up between their final Premier League game against Norwich on Sunday and the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie a fortnight later.Guardiola already fully knows what some players can bring to the team, and may well

straight to your inbox Joao Cancelo can help Manchester City for years to come if he can keep his current attitude, according to Pep Guardiola. The Portugal international signed from Juventus for £60m last summer aiming to take over from Kyle Walker at right-back but it has been such a largely frustrating campaign that even his future at the club has been left uncertain.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says he will not give all of his Manchester City players game time in the final two Premier League games of the season, despite indicating he would rotate his side before naming his team to face Watford. In his pre-match press conference on Monday, Guardiola told reporters he would try to give all players game time in the final two league games against Watford and Norwich in order to have all squad members fresh to face Real Madrid on August 7.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola does not expect summer signings to be enough to make Manchester City more successful next season.Defeat in the FA Cup at Wembley on Saturday leaves the Blues with just the Carabao Cup and Community Shield in their trophy cabinet this year, having bagged an unprecedented domestic clean sweep in the previous campaign.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said he asked his Manchester City players to be more aggressive at half time of the defeat to Arsenal after being disappointed with their performance in the first 45 minutes.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola was left saddened by Manchester City's FA Cup defeat as he accused his players of not turning up for the first half. A 2-0 victory for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal ended a long unbeaten run for the Blues in domestic cups stretching back to February 2018 and leaves them with the Champions League as the only remaining trophy they can win this season.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola’s first season in charge of Manchester City was the first time in his career he had failed to win a trophy.And the blank campaign was confirmed when Alexis Sanchez bundled in an extra-time winner at Wembley to eliminate the Blues and set up an all-London FA Cup final against Chelsea.That first season was difficult, with some fine football interspersed with dramatic defeats as the Blues players wrestled with the new manager’s radical ideas.But Guardiola says

straight to your inboxMonday's announcement over Manchester City's appeal against their UEFA sanctions will have plenty more implications than just whether the Blues will be allowed to play in the Champions League next season.City will discover if their appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport has been successful on Monday morning, after UEFA banned them from European competition for two seasons back in February for 'serious breaches' of Financial Fair Play regulations.Pep Guardiola said