Pep Guardiola relishes quadruple quest as City seek to conquer Europe
Team’s focus switches to Schalke for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie before a Wembley League Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday
As their Premier League title rivals Liverpool sunned themselves in Marbella last week, Manchester City were getting muddy in Newport on Saturday to keep alive the prospect of a historic clean sweep of four trophies. City’s focus switches from south Wales to Schalke on Wednesday for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie before a Wembley final against Chelsea on Sunday for the right to lift the first silverware of the season in the League Cup. A decade into the club’s Abu Dhabi ownership, the importance for City to win the Champions League for the first time would have made it easy for the English champions to prioritise Europe this season. However, after romping to the league with a record 100 points in 2018, it is another piece of history that Pep Guardiola’s side now crave by outdoing even Manchester United’s treble of league, Champions League and FA Cup in 1998/99. Two weeks on from smashing Chelsea 6-0, City will be heavy favourites to retain the League Cup this we...
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