{"id":294911,"date":"2023-10-03T17:27:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294911"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:27:58","slug":"pep-guardiola-says-manchester-city-flight-to-leipzig-being-delayed-no-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-says-manchester-city-flight-to-leipzig-being-delayed-no-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola says Manchester City flight to Leipzig being delayed \u2018no problem\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pep Guardiola has brushed off late changes to Manchester City\u2019s travel plans for Wednesday\u2019s Champions League game at RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n
The treble winners were due to fly to Germany for the Group G encounter on Tuesday afternoon but were delayed due to strong winds in the Leipzig area and their flight was rescheduled for the evening.<\/p>\n
City manager Guardiola, who had been due to hold a pre-match press conference at the RB Arena on Tuesday, instead spoke to media remotely before travelling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no problem,\u201d he said. \u201cThat it\u2019s safe to fly and land, that\u2019s the important thing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s not at 7pm, (they said) you have to do it at 9pm and it\u2019s not a problem. The authorities said it was so risky to fly before so that\u2019s why we made the training session longer and the lunch longer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have time to rest and now we are going to fly to Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Stones and Bernardo Silva will travel with the squad to Germany having recently returned to training following injury.<\/p>\n
Stones has not played since the Community Shield with a thigh problem while Silva has missed the last three games with a knock.<\/p>\n
Guardiola said: \u201cThey feel better, Bernardo better than John. Both travel and we\u2019ll decide tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really happy they\u2019re back. It\u2019s taken a bit longer but they are back. That is the good news for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guardiola also paid tribute to former City player and chairman Francis Lee, who died this week.<\/p>\n
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He said: \u201cWe are here (because of) people like Franny Lee, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, part of the generation that created a part of this organisation, this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the team, to his wife and all the family, a huge hug.\u201d<\/p>\n