Guardiola: We’re ready for Elland Road challenge | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola is expecting another tough Premier League clash against an in-form Leeds United with a noisy Elland Road crowd behind them.

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City make the short trip to West Yorkshire on Saturday 28 February for the 17:30 (UK) kick-off to face Daniel Farke’s side.

An injury-time winner from Phil Foden saw us beat Leeds 3-2 earlier in the season at the Etihad with the visitors almost taking a point after being two-goals down.

Our opponents have only been beaten twice in their last 16 matches in all competitions while they’ve only lost once at home since November.

“Elland Road is Elland Road and Daniel made [good] last results,” Guardiola said at his pre-match news conference.

“They went to Stamford Bridge (Chelsea) and Villa Park (Aston Villa) and got [good] results. They have even the boost of the home crowd, but we’re ready for this challenge again.

“In ten years I’ve not been to Elland Road many times. Since Marcelo Bielsa promoted them to the Premier League we’ve been there and it’s an incredible stadium with a good vibe. We know it.

“I think there are a lot of Premier League stadiums that are traditional and really good, Elland Road is one of them.”

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Guardiola gave his players some time off with a rare midweek free for the Blues ahead of another busy schedule.

Jeremy Doku took part in his first training session and the boss said that he hopes the rest of the group have been able to refresh.

“You know the idea, it’s not to go to the Maldives,” he said when asked about his players having a break.

“Since September, October they didn’t have long weeks so the moment you can have it, I learned in this country less is more.

“When you can train less because of the schedule, you have to clean the mind and legs to come back better.”

On the extra break, he said: “If we win, it’ll have been perfect, if not we have to play every three days.

“We’ve had our rest. We’ve made really good training sessions and we’re ready for Elland Road.”

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