Manchester City have spoken to the Premier League about their Christmas fixture program after being asked to play twice in less than hours.
City have just (hours) minutes between the start of their matches at Wolves on (December and at home to Sheffield United on
The Blades have hours from kick-off at their 29 December home match with Watford to the start of the City game.
“I wrote a letter to the Premier League to say thank you,” said Guardiola.
It is not thought that City actually wrote a letter but it is understood they made several representations about the situation to the Premier League.
With Christmas fixtures staggered for television, some teams are finding they have less time to prepare for fixtures than their opponents.
But aside from City, the only other Premier League team at such a disadvantage in terms of time to prepare for their second Christmas fixture are Wolves.
There will be (hours) ************************************************ minutes between the start of their match against City and their game away to Liverpool on By contrast, Liverpool – who play at Leicester on (December – have**************** (hours and) ************************************************** minutes between the start of their two matches.
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