Pep Guardiola says there is no added pressure on Man City after Arsenal win

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guardiola-pep/hxNijWrJ/"]Guardiola[/a]'s side, who have played a game less, must hope for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] to ‌drop points, as a win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a] on ‌Wednesday will still leave them two points behind, with two matches left.[/p][p]"Same ‌one as two days, three days, four days ago," Guardiola ‌told reporters on Tuesday, when asked about the pressure on his side.[/p][p]"[b]What I've learned from my career as a manager is, what you cannot ‌control, forget about it. To do better what ⁠you have not done better ‌this season. To arrive in better position to fight for the Premier ​League, that we are still fighting[/b]."[/p][p]Guardiola said he expected Palace to be a difficult team to beat, despite ​the 15th-placed side being winless in their last four top-flight games.[/p][embed guid="3cf47240-b60c-49c7-bbe6-c5604e9ccf47" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2054170831991767318" social-type="twitter" /][p]"They have a European final," he said, referring to Palace's upcoming ⁠Conference League final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rayo-vallecano/8bcjFy6O/"]​Rayo Vallecano[/a] on May 27th.[/p][p]"[b]Maybe struggling a bit in the Premier League with a lot of changes. Manager (Oliver Glasner) is leaving... and maybe they were not consistent, but the quality is there[/b]."[/p][p]Guardiola said ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a]'s injured midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a] and defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khusanov-abdukodir/00ElbXx5/"]Abdukodir Khusanov[/a] were feeling much better, but did not say whether they would return to action against Palace.[/p][h2]City may rotate[/h2][p]Palace are also set to play Arsenal in the final game of their Premier League campaign, three days before the Conference League final.[/p][p]Asked if he was worried Palace would field a weakened side against Arsenal to rest key players ahead of their maiden European final, Guardiola ‌said he was not concerned about that.[/p][p]"[b]They are so professional, the ​teams. Crystal Palace will play top against (Arsenal)[/b]," Guardiola said.[/p][p]With ‌the FA Cup final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] coming up on Saturday, followed by a trip to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] three days later, Guardiola admitted that City may also need to rotate their squad.[/p][p]"[b]After three days we travel to London, then come back and ⁠play Bournemouth. So of course... ⁠I have to think ‌about it, yeah[/b]," he added.[/p]