{"id":41310,"date":"2021-04-18T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=41310"},"modified":"2021-04-18T16:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T16:53:11","slug":"fa-cup-guardiola-defends-man-citys-team-selection-after-1-0-defeat-to-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fa-cup-guardiola-defends-man-citys-team-selection-after-1-0-defeat-to-chelsea","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup: Guardiola defends Man City\u2019s team selection after 1-0 defeat to Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has defended his team selection following a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Following their 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, Guardiola rang the changes for the game against the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard made eight changes with the likes of Raheem Sterling and Ferran Torres starting at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Stand-in goalkeeper, Zack Steffen, was at fault for what turned out to be the decisive goal from Hakim Ziyech 10 minutes into the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola admitted that Chelsea deserved their victory, but refused to blame his selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have two-and-a-half days to recover and you have to play away and travel for longer than three hours, everyone deserves to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut don\u2019t say we don\u2019t pay attention. The team arrives in the final stages of all competitions, you couldn\u2019t say that. When this team won three or four finals in a row in the Carabao Cup. Just say we lost the game. When you lose the game the decisions are bad, but it is a poor argument, my friend. It\u2019s so poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a tight game, we were not able to win, congratulations to Chelsea, Chelsea\u2019s a top side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has defended his team selection following a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. Following their 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, Guardiola rang the changes for the game against the Blues. 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