Manchester City lost three more players to injury in their FA Cup semi-final vs Chelsea, which means they cannot consider resting tired players even if they want to.
Kevin De Bruyne 's first words on the pitch at Wembley, having just helped Manchester City into the FA Cup final, were telling. "I'm tired," he said.
Amid Bernardo's extraordinary comments - clearly fueled by anger as he let his emotions out in the Wembley mixed zone - was a nod to De Bruyne's condition. "I played 90 minutes today. Me, Kevin, Phil . I wasn't fine at all. I wasn't fine," he said. At Wembley, De Bruyne's brain was ahead of his feet for the third time in the last couple of weeks, but he still had enough reserves in the tank to get to the byline and cut back to Bernardo for the winner. He won the game at Crystal Palace through three moments of brilliance but his overall performance was littered with mistakes and frustrated reactions to his own misplaced passes.
As Guardiola said of his 'exhaustion' complaint against Madrid, this is to be expected from a player who has missed a lot of football this season. The problem is, when can they give him a rest? De Bruyne may have to play on and deal with it. City had just 21 players in their squad at Wembley, of which three were goalkeepers. They ended the game with just 16 fit outfielders, including Bernardo.
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