Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his players were too physically drained to celebrate their Champions League quarter-final win over Bayern Munich as he aims to learn from past mistakes in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield United.
City remain on course for a treble after seeing off Guardiola's former club 4-1 on aggregate with a 1-1 draw in Munich on Wednesday.
"I have to see, I have to smell, I have to talk. I have to see how the players feel today," said Guardiola on Friday on whether he will rotate his starting line-up against Championship club Sheffield United. "They were incredibly satisfied. Happy to be in the semi-final of the Champions League for three years in a row. The people sit down, talk a little bit, start to dream, have regeneration drinks, use the phone, hug each other, listen to a bit of music."We could not have more sequences of passes in Munich that help us rest with the ball. They run a lot.
"I have to see the training session today. I will see what is their feeling. Of course, they will tell me they want to play. That's for sure. It is difficult to find players who don't want to play.Nathan Ake will definitely be missing after the Dutch defender suffered a hamstring injury against Bayern.
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