From motivation to McAtee - three massive Man City questions Pep Guardiola must answer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPep Guardiola has plenty to think about as Manchester City players take a few days off before starting preparations for Aston Villa on Saturday.
The Blues boss has bemoaned a lack of time for training but also knows the importance of rest for his players and they have not had much time for either during a relentless slog of games.
Being out of the Carabao Cup at least means there can be some respite before City try again to break their cycle of bad results.
Many of City's issues have not been anything Guardiola has been able to do much about; he does not lead recruitment and has had unusual amounts of bad luck with his players getting injured and either staying injured or getting injured again, with unpredictability in availability of players leading to a lack of rhythm and form in the team that make it difficult to gain consistency and momentum.
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