Pep Guardiola immediately turned his attention to the challenge of Real Madrid after his Manchester City side thrashed Luton 5-1 on Saturday. (More Football News)
City enjoyed the perfect preparation for Wednesday바카라s Champions League quarter-final second leg against the Spanish giants as they cruised past the Hatters in a one-sided encounter.
An early own goal from Daiki Hashioka set them on their way before second-half strikes from Mateo Kovacic, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Josko Gvardiol wrapped up a comfortable win.
With the three points taking City back to the Premier League summit, putting pressure on rivals Arsenal and Liverpool ahead of Sunday바카라s fixtures, Guardiola could switch his focus to Real.
바카라The team is alive,바카라 said the City boss, whose side played out a pulsating 3-3 draw with Real last Tuesday.
바카라It바카라s difficult against Real Madrid but, at the same time, let바카라s try and go to do it with our people.
바카라Whatever happens, we will give everything. There is not one minute when we won바카라t know what to do.
바카라We have all our desire to do it. I want the Etihad full, no seat empty.바카라
City are chasing an unprecedented second successive treble.
Guardiola said: 바카라We have to admit it, what a privilege, still fighting for the Premier League, playing against Real Madrid with a chance to qualify for the semi-final, and the FA Cup next Saturday, a semi-final again.바카라
Although City won comfortably, Guardiola felt Luton had made things difficult.
He said: 바카라It was really hard until the second goal.
바카라We played really good and had a lot of chances in the first half but we missed something in the finishing.
바카라How many times have I seen in world football that a team is better and doesn바카라t win the game? Many times. We know how difficult Luton are.바카라
Hatters boss Rob Edwards conceded he had not expected his relegation battlers to get anything from the game.
He said: 바카라It was always going to be difficult. Without sounding very defeatist, I almost made peace with it.
바카라They were the dominant team, they were amazing, but we stayed in the game as long as we could. It바카라s tough but today was never going to derail us.바카라
Edwards bemoaned his side바카라s luck in conceding so early, with the own goal coming as a Haaland shot cannoned into the net off Hashioka바카라s head.
He said: 바카라We wanted to try to be aggressive but then Haaland knocks out Hashy with the first goal 바카라 one of the few defenders we have left knocked out on the floor and we바카라re 1-0 down after a minute.
바카라What a start that is, that바카라s tough.바카라
Hashioka required treatment before continuing but Edwards later clarified he had not actually been knocked unconscious.
He said: 바카라No, he was just lying flat. I was just saying that in jest. I was just worried that he was.
바카라He just got up and I thought, 바카라thank goodness for that바카라. Otherwise we would have been putting a centre forward at centre-back.바카라
