Don’t compare Premier League tie with Champions League final – Guardiola
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City’s Premier League match against Chelsea on Saturday comes too early to have any bearing on the Champions League final.
City face Thomas Tuchels’s side at the Etihad Stadium, live on Sky Sports, in a game which is now a dress rehearsal for European club football’s showpiece in Istanbul on May 29.
“There is not one thought about the final because we don’t have the Premier League in our hands. When we have the Premier League, then the focus will be on the Champions League.”
Guardiola, whose side lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals last month, is bidding to win his third Premier League title in the last four seasons.
“Always I have said the Premier League is the most important title,” he added.
“Financially for the club, maybe qualifying for the Champions League is the most important but there is no doubt this is the most important.
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“The Champions League is so special, it is nice, but this means so many things. We have four games to get two points, one victory, and we are going to try to get it.”
“There is not one thought about the final because we don’t have the Premier League in our hands. When we have the Premier League then the focus will be on the Champions League.”