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‘We travel to London to win the title’: Pep Guardiola looks to salvage Manchester City season with FA Cup victory | Football News

‘We travel to London to win the title’: Pep Guardiola looks to salvage Manchester City season with FA Cup victory | Football News

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said even if the FA Cup was not the first choice for the club, they’ll go all out to win the trophy since they are in the final. City have had a torrid season this year, having lost the Premier League title to Liverpool and also getting knocked out of the Carabao Cup as well as the UEFA Champions League. “That is the problem right, the FA Cup now is not the first choice. Of course, we want it. Once we are here of course we want the trophy. It is massively important. It was a disappointment last season (losing in the final to Manchester United). But I’m pretty sure we’ll perform well and we are going to compete against them. It’s the final of the FA Cup, it’s an honour and a privilege. Third time in a row being there and we have to perform well. We travel to London to win the title,” Guardiola said on Friday. City will face Crystal Palace who are 12th in the league …

Erling Haaland brands Manchester City’s season as ‘horrific’ ahead of FA Cup final vs Crystal Palace | Football News

Erling Haaland brands Manchester City’s season as ‘horrific’ ahead of FA Cup final vs Crystal Palace | Football News

Ahead of their FA Cup final match against Crystal Palace on Saturday, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland termed the season as horrific, boring and tough. City has been in such a slump that their Champions League qualification for next season is still up in the air with two rounds to go with the former champions 4th with 65 points just 2 ahead of Chelsea and Aston Villa in the 5th and 6th spot respectively. “This season has been tough. It is not nice to lose so many games. It is boring and not fun. That’s why we need to finish well and get a trophy. It is a good habit to reach Wembley and always important to win trophies. We have the FA Cup final to play for and in a horrific season we still managed to do this,” the Norwegian striker told BBC Sport. “When you have won four league titles in a row, if you don’t win five it’s not going to be a successful season. Those are the standards we have set. We …