
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is excited for the pointy end of the season, but admits his players need a break.
The Sky Blues enter the international break competing on three fronts after reaching the FA Cup semi-finals with a win over Southampton.
"We are there," he said. "I think everyone needs a little bit of a break. It will be good to see new faces for a while on holiday this week
"After we come back, we know what we have. We have the quarter-final of the Champions League, we have the Premier League, we have semi-finals of the FA Cup. The nice thing for the team is that fact.
"Arriving in the last weeks of the season we are there fighting for the titles. This is so nice. I would have smiled at the beginning of the season to be in front of you at this stage and to be in this position.
"How many times has it [the treble] happened in this country? Once. It is not easy.
"Hopefully, the players come back from the national team because it is tough to fight for many things.
"Now we have 15 days off and they'll arrive two days before they have play Burnley and then it's Liverpool and Atletico Madrid. Maybe one day UEFA can explain the reason why. It is what it is.
"It [the treble] is far, far away. It's better to think about Burnley first."
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