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<\/p>\nGuardiola said Liverpool benefitted from their failure to progress in both the League Cup and FA Cup.<\/p>\n
The Catalan said that it was of no advantage to his team that Liverpool now have the added demand of a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.<\/p>\n
City have played nine more domestic cup games than Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side this season having won the League Cup and reached next month\u2019s FA Cup final.<\/p>\n
The Reds were eliminated at the first hurdle in both competitions.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are preparing for a Champions League last four tie against Barcelona and next Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash against Newcastle United.<\/p>\n
But Guardiola, whose City team were dumped out in the Champions League quarter-finals by Tottenham Hotspur, doesn\u2019t regard that as a disadvantage to their title rivals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen that happens in November, December, January, February that helps a lot,\u201d Echo quoted Guardiola as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut to be involved in the Champions League semi-finals \u2013 you are not tired. You do not feel any pain. That is a better position to be in, to be in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe toughest months in this competition are December, January, February when they had two weeks in training camps and we had to be here playing every three days. That is a big advantage for the opponent.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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