City Beat Everton Late, Guardiola Focused on FA Cup and Top Four Push

Pep Guardiola expressed pride in his team’s late 2 - 0 victory over Everton on Saturday hailing it as crucial 3 points amid challenging PL season.

Late Goals Save City

It took until the 84 minute for City to break the deadlock at the Etihad with Nico Orelli opening the scoring before Mateo Kovacic sealed the win in stoppage time. The result keeps City in 4th place with 58 point, just 1 ahead of Nottingham Forest who face Tottenham on Monday.

Guardiola “I'm Grateful for the Last Decade”

The Spanish tactician reflected on the club's resilience through adversity:

“This was very important win. I’m grateful for what the players have done over the past decade no matter how this season ends. We’ve been through tough moments especially with injuries but now things are stable”

Race for Top 4 “It’s in Our Hands”

City who've struggled for form this season, are now fully focused on securing champions league qualification:

“We’re far from Liverpool but we’ll see what happens in the other games. Now it’s up to us”

With 5 league matches left two at home and three away Guardiola described Tuesday’s clash against Aston Villa as “final” highlighting the high stakes.

Eyes on the FA Cup

City still have shot at silverware as they prepare to face Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley on 27 Apr, After early champions league elimination and falling behind in the title race, the cup's now their last chance at lifting trophy this season.

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