Guardiola explains the "big advantage" that Liverpool had this season

Pep Guardiola do not think that Manchester City has been helped in their Premier League league push by knocking out the Champions League.

While Liverpool must play a two-legged semi-final against Barcelona in their home match, City no longer has to worry about mid-week games.

Some might think that the lack of congestion in the matches would help City in their attempt to see the Merseysiders in a tight title race, but Guardiola thinks the opposite is true.

The quarter-final exit of the city led to a change of routine for a team that played a lot of games in the middle of the week due to their progress towards the final of the two national cups.

City director Guardiola said, "When it happens in November, December, January and February, it helps a lot. It's arrived for Liverpool. At that time, Liverpool was better than us.

"But being involved in the semifinals of the Champions League, you are not tired. You do not feel any pain. It's a better position to be in the semifinals.

"The most difficult months of this competition are the months of December, January and February, when they had two weeks in training camps and we had to play here every three days. This is a big advantage for the opponent. "