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Pep Guardiola admitted that his Manchester City team would have found it “almost impossible” to win their FA Cup match against the Blues had they conceded, after praising Everton’s commitment.
The hosts were solid for most of their quarter-final clash against Man City on Saturday night, but finally goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne late in the game established a 2-0 win for the visitors. .
Guardiola’s team now advances to the semi-final of the competition and is still on track to earn a potential quadruple in this final leg of the campaign.
However, the city chief praised the way the hosts played at Goodison Park and admitted that it was one of his team’s toughest games this season.
He said at his post-match press conference: “It’s far from the FA Cup, it’s Everton, they had all week to prepare for this match.
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“They are so aggressive as a team, they were incredibly committed from the start. We knew Everton would respond really well.
“It is very difficult to attack eight players who are well prepared, defend well and the pace they have in front with Richarlison and Calvert-Lewin.
“Each throw-in is like a corner, it was a very tough game. This game should be played as we did, with patience and without conceding mistakes. If they had scored a goal it would have been almost impossible to win.
“We knew that the team that scored the goal would win the game, luckily all the players were fantastic, and in the end we found the goal.
“We knew it was one of the toughest games we had to play this season.”
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