City defeated Chelsea 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley but are hoping to win the top-flight title as well
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Pep Guardiola said he would not even allow his players one beer as he said they cannot party to celebrate their FA Cup win.
Manchester City completed a cup double by beating Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley to follow their Carabao Cup triumph over Arsenal.
But Guardiola will delay the celebrations for a week as he pursues his third treble of his time in England – and he urged his team to provide the best possible tribute to the departing duo of John Stones and Bernardo Silva by winning the Premier League.
City go to Bournemouth for a must-win game on Tuesday before hosting Aston Villa on the final day of the Premier League season.
But after winning at Wembley he said City were going: “Home. Not even one beer. Next Monday after Aston Villa, we're going to celebrate it with the women's team, with some parade in Manchester.”
Captain Silva has announced he will leave after nine years at the Etihad Stadium and he lifted the FA Cup with defender Stones, who has been at City for a decade.
Now Guardiola urged their teammates to make sure they say goodbye with a third trophy as he looks to win the Premier League for a seventh time.
Guardiola looks to have built another Man City team that can challenge for trophies next season, will he stick around to find out?
Guardiola looks to have built another Man City team that can challenge for trophies next season, will he stick around to find out? (Reuters)
“Especially for John and Bernardo, they are leaving in two games,” he said. “Hopefully we can extend [the title race] in Bournemouth to arrive in Aston Villa and make the best tribute possible with the chance to fight to the Premier League.”
Guardiola revealed City’s preparations were disrupted by delays on the British trains on Friday, following a fire in Nuneaton.
“Yesterday the travel was a nightmare, it took six hours to arrive,” he added.