straight to your inboxPep Guardiola nailed down the two reasons he believes Manchester City made a hash of their FA Cup defence.The Blues went down 2-0 to Arsenal in the semi-final at Wembley on Saturday night, sunk by two Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goals.And with the crunch Champions League clash with Real Madrid less than three weeks ago, the nature of the defeat had some City fans concerned that – after a lack-lustre display in beating Bournemouth 2-1 a few days earlier – the team might be slackening off at a crucial stage of the season.Guardiola expressed his concern that his team were “not ready” for the semi-final – something he has said in the past to deflect the blame onto himself.And he denied that it was a problem with his players’.
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