Guardiola produces ‘excuse of the season’ as transport could cost City title

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    Pep Guardiola has pulled the 'excuse of the season' after he suggested Manchester City's inability to fly back from Newcastle could hinder their unbeaten start.

    City are set to travel up north for their Carabao Cup clash with the Magpies on Wednesday evening, but they will take a coach there and back. Unfortunately for City, there were no trains available, while they were also unable to fly.

    And speaking ahead of the game, Guardiola fumed: "After the game we cannot come back by plane because of a problem – something for the planes.

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    “We don’t have a plane to travel back, so we have to take a bus. It's two or three hours later that we will arrive here – so, so late, arriving on Thursday. The day after, Friday, we travel to Wolves, so that's what you have to think about.

    “Then we go to Germany to play RB Leipzig in the Champions League next week. That's a really important game for us, because we know what it means to be able to win there to qualify for the next stage.

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    “I don’t know what happened [with the aeroplane]. The team manager told me. It happened with the previous one, I think in London. It’s not a problem with the bus, but we will arrive much, much later than we expected, but it is what it is."

    One rival fan called it the 'excuse of the season', but City fans seemed a little more upbeat: "After I've heard this I am sure that we will arrive back in a plane!"

    "Stop complaining and play football bruv," another responded. While a third shared: "Yet some people are asking why are players injured…"

    City have been picture perfect at the start of the new season, as Guardiola's side look to defend their Treble victory last year.

    The defending champions are six for six in the Premier League, and they got their European campaign off to the perfect start with a win against Crvena zvezda.

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