Guardiola hails ruthless Man City after Burton thrashing
FOUR goals from Gabriel Jesus helped the Citizens to a comprehensive victory over League One opposition
Pep Guardiola hailed Manchester City's rampant performance in their 9-0 win over Burton Albion and welcomed the chance to rest his stars for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
Defending champions City's place in next month's final is all but secured even before the return leg of the last-four clash after Gabriel Jesus scored four goals in Wednesday's rout.
Kevin De Bruyne, Oleksan dr Zinchenko, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez also found the net on a miserable night for League One Burton.
Guardiola was proud to see his side continue to look for goals despite having the match wrapped up with four at half-time and is now looking forward to giving some members of his squad a break in their hectic schedule.
"We are in the final," the Spaniard told his post-match media conference.
"Of course, we have to play the second game [and] we will take it seriously.