Manchester City played the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday night, playing extra time and penalties against Real Madrid to finish just before 11pm.
Under three days later, City were kicking off at Wembley against Chelsea on Saturday – despite no clear reason for Sunday’s semi-finalists to be playing that day instead.
Guardiola was furious after the game, and match-winner Bernardo echoed his boss.
“Today we didn’t play on a level field because the FA didn’t give us a chance to recover. Which in my opinion is not reasonable at all,” Bernardo insisted.
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