Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta and Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola team up to blast football chiefs with an open message on team match scheduling

This season, Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, and Mikel Arteta, the manager of Arsenal, agree on something. Both teams are competing for the Premier League title.

Mikel Arteta agreed with Pep Guardiola that the timing of games after European games was unfair.

The boss of Manchester City didn’t like that his team’s FA Cup semi-final match against Chelsea was scheduled for Saturday, just a few days after their Champions League quarter-final match against Real Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti’s team beat City on penalties after a very tough 120 minutes of play.

And the Catalan coach made it clear how he felt after the game at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Guardiola pointed out that Manchester United and Coventry City, the other semi-final on Sunday, were made up of two teams that did not play in the middle of the week, unlike his own.

“That’s not okay. “That’s just not okay,” he told BBC Sport. “Let’s play today since Coventry, Manchester United, and Chelsea don’t play during the week.” It would be better if the match was on Friday next week instead of Saturday so that everyone could get more rest.

“It’s for the players’ health.” It’s not right. To be honest, it’s not normal. It’s not possible. Going for 120 minutes is not okay. Every one of you plays football. The way we lose makes us feel, too, Madrid.

“I know this is a big deal in this country for many reasons, but it’s for the teams’ health.” “I don’t know how we made it through today.”

After his team’s 2-0 win over Wolves, which came just a few days after their Champions League game against Bayern Munich, Arteta also said bad things about the schedule.

“It’s not about us, Pep or myself it’s about the wellbeing of the players,” he stated. “Every team has to play the same way when they compete in European tennis events.”

“Any way you look at it, it’s not right. Let’s look out for the players and do everything we can to help them get better so they can put on the show every week.