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Manchester City manager says schedule is causing injuries• ‘Less games, less competitions, more quality, less quantity’Pep Guardiola believes the League Cup should be dispensed with for the good of English football. The Manchester City manager says teams are currently overburdened by the hectic schedule and has pointed to the recent injuries picked up by Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford as evidence that the relentless workload during the season’s winter months is more than players can physically bear.
Guardiola has won the League Cup in two of his three full seasons at City, and his side lead
Manchester United 3-1 after the first leg of this year’s semi-final, yet he is of the opinion the competition does more harm than good.