If Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as Brentford, think they are going to meet a Manchester City side with its foot of the pedal after wrapping up the English Premier League title last weekend, they better think again.
Man City boss, Pep Guardiola insists that he wants his charges to maintain their tone leading up to the to cup finals awaiting them.
Man City will face Manchester United in the FA Cup final on 03 June, before clashing against Inter Milan for the UEFA Champions League title on the 10th of June.
"It would be better to maintain our tone," Guardiola said as quoted by amp.mancity.com.
"I’m not talking about win or lose, I want to see that our tone is there.
"We cannot play like we have won [the Premier League]. Against these two teams, if we aren’t ready we will suffer a lot. And after it would be a problem.
"But if we maintain the tone and they beat us, they beat us – it can happen."
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Guardiola expects Brighton and Brentford to raise their game against the EPL champions.
"It is understandable because they play against Manchester City, the winners in the last years of the Premier League and they want to show how good they are, that’s normal."
"The target of the Premier League is done. But we cannot drop much otherwise it will be more difficult."
City will face Brighton tonight (Wednesday 24 May) at the Falmer Stadium at 21:00.
A win or draw for City will stretch their unbeaten run in the EPL to 16 matches.
