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18.08.2023 - 14:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City need their fans to help them over the line this weekend as he turned his frustration away from the scheduling of City's Premier League clash with Newcastle.
City finished their Super Cup win over Sevilla in the early hours of Thursday morning in Greece, and face Newcastle at 8pm on Saturday. Guardiola sarcastically thanked the Premier League for not allowing them to play on Sunday or Monday in his post-match press conference this week.
With the game selected by TNT Sports, who usually host the Saturday lunchtime slot, it was pushed back to 8pm on Saturday rather than infringe on Sky Sports' Sunday or Monday slots.
And Guardiola says that City will deal with the situation, but need their fans to get behind the team on the first return to the Etihad since the Blues lifted the FA Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.
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"Of course we are ready. Of course," he said. "We need these type of challenges. Everyone wants to beat us and we need these difficulties for many reasons, many important injuries, the calendar to play with short recovery. It’s a challenge again, to see if we can make a step forward.
"It's never easy, if you want to win you need that. It’s a step to see the team try to do it again in the not ideal situations. In football there are always problems, it’s how you overcome them that define if you’re a good team or not. We need our people more than ever this season.
"We cannot be at the Etihad just looking at how good we are, because of what we’ve done. Tomorrow we need them. 8pm is a good time. Before taking the beer after the game. We need the supporters from the first minute to the end against an
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