<figure id="attachment_3067293" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3067293" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3067293" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/31f6202f-pep-guardiola-10052025.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3067293" class="wp-caption-text">Pep Guardiola noted past success in demanding seasons while previously highlighting fixture congestion’s toll on players’ health. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
MANCHESTER: Any complaints from Manchester City players about a busy fixture schedule are unlikely to wash with manager Pep Guardiola, with the Spaniard confident his squad can recapture their trophy-winning form amid a heavy run of games.
City, who lost 2-1 at Newcastle United on Saturday, will play eight matches in 26 days from Nov 25 to Dec 20 including two Champions League fixtures, five league games and a League Cup quarter-final against Brentford.
&#8220;We are used to it – we&#8217;ve won quadruples and trebles playing that way,&#8221; Guardiola told reporters.
&#8220;We want it. The trebles and quadruples came (from) playing on Saturday and Tuesday, then Tuesday and Friday and Friday and Sunday. It&#8217;s not a problem.&#8221;
Guardiola has previously complained about fixture congestion in the last two seasons, saying it contributed to injuries and mental fatigue.
Last season was only Guardiola&#8217;s second trophyless campaign since joining City, the first coming in 2016-17. His contract had been due to expire at the end of this season but an extension signed last year will keep him at the club until June 2027.
City&#8217;s fourth defeat of the season leaves them in third place and seven points behind leaders Arsenal.

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