Pep Guardiola refusing to rest players for Carabao Cup clash

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has dismissed suggestions the club’s Carabao Cup trip to Leicester this week could hand Liverpool an advantage in the title race. “We could say yes,” said Guardiola, when asked if the schedule assisted the Merseysiders. “But I'd prefer to be in the Carabao Cup than not. I cannot imagine going into a game thinking, "Oh, it will be better to lose because then we'll have more time to rest". I have never thought in that way. We're going to prepare as always to win the game, to try to reach the semi-final and then we'd have two legs to try to reach another final. That is the only way a club like Manchester City - who 10 years ago were not in this position - can grow up, and get better and better. And that's what we have to do.' Guardiola refusing to rest players. '”We don't have many players. We have a lot of injured players. Some players that played Saturday and in the last games have to play. But it is a chance to reach a semi-final and since I've been here my teams have never dropped one game, not even a friendly game. It is a competition, it must be respected, as we did it last season. We are going to try and win the game.”

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