Man City 'far away' from completing domestic treble, insists Guardiola

Pep Guardiola insisted Manchester City are "far away" from winning the domestic treble despite reaching the FA Cup final.

City came from behind to beat Southampton in the semi-final on Saturday, with Nico Gonzalez's stunner securing another trip to Wembley Stadium next month.

City have become the first ever side to qualify for four consecutive FA Cup finals; while they have now won each of their 22 games against lower league teams since the start of 2018-19, the longest such streak of any top-flight side in the competition’s history.

Guardiola has now won 45 of his 53 matches with City in the FA Cup, with his 85% win rate being the highest of any manager in the competition’s history.

He has now reached five FA Cup finals. Only George Ramsay, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have reached more (eight each).

City have already won the EFL Cup this term, while they are second in the Premier League, three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand on the Gunners.

Nevertheless, Guardiola believes it is too early to entertain the idea of a domestic treble, which he achieved with City in 2019.

"Too much, far away," Guardiola said, when asked about the prospect of the treble.

"Before the final, before the Aston Villa game [on the final weekend] I would tell you it was a chance. Now it's far, far away.

"Now it's important, we have three days off for the players, I told them, don't think about football, rest.

"Now we start a season for five games plus the final."

Next up for City is a trip to Everton in the Premier League, by which point they could be six points behind Arsenal, albeit with games in hand.