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manchester city manager pep guardiola has given its players a day off on the eve of Wednesday Champions League clash with borussia dortmund,
Premier League Usually the team trains the day before such an event – 15 minutes of their sessions are usually open to the media – but Guardiola decided his players needed the extra rest.
“We will train tomorrow morning,” Guardiola said in his pre-match press conference. “I’ve done it many times, sometimes I like it.
“It was a very challenging game against Bournemouth, I would have preferred them to have been at home.”
City beat Bournemouth in their last Premier League match on Sunday, while their visitors play on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium, Dortmund has not been in action since Friday.
Guardiola said: “It is what it is. No words are going to change the program.”
“In Germany And France they try to play on Friday. Here it is completely the opposite but if I don’t like it I go to Germany and France to train.”