A selection of players must lift for Manchester City over the next three weeks

A selection of players must lift for Manchester City over the next three weeks

After Manchester City booked an FA Cup final date against Chelsea with their 2-1 win over Southampton last Saturday, Pep Guardiola spoke of the need for his entire squad to contribute over the back end of this season. Starting on Monday against Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, Pep Guardiola’s side face six matches in 20 days that will decide their fate this season. It will take an entire squad effort from Manchester City to successfully navigate the road ahead. There is no doubt about that. Looking at several of Manchester City’s squad players, they simply must lift their game to aid their team’s chase for the domestic treble.

Pep Guardiola knows that he will need his entire squad to contribute from this point onwards.

After Manchester City clinched their place in this season’s FA Cup final last weekend, Pep Guardiola told the media that he will need his entire squad to contribute across the final stages of this season. He explained: “That’s why I need them. The last weeks playing regularly the same team, we need the squad. We need all of them. Being better or worse doesn’t matter, we will need it.”

“With this amount of games every three days with the same players will not be possible. We have to manage good substitutions and everybody has to make a step forward. I will demand more and more and this is what we have to do.”

Several Manchester City squad players can offer more than they are currently giving.

Pep Guardiola knows that with a grueling run of fixtures ahead of his team, he needs his entire squad to contribute. We saw last weekend that Nathan Ake and are more than able to step up when required, as are , Mateo Kovacic, Rayan Ait-Nouri, and Nico. However, there are three other players that simply must lift their game throughout the run-in for Manchester City to end this season on a high note.