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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on whether not being in Europe helps sides such as high-flying Bournemouth ahead of a tough game this weekend Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00We've seen teams in the past, Chelsea under Conte, Leicester, win the title when they haven't had European football.

00:06Obviously Bournemouth haven't got it, United haven't got it, Sunderland are up there as well.

00:09How dangerous are those teams in a title race when they haven't got that midweek fixture and they can just focus week after week on the penalty?

00:15We are used. We are used.

00:18Dortmund played on Friday yesterday. Today is Friday?

00:22Yeah, he's going to play today.

00:23So we'll have two more extra days. We are used.

00:26In all the seasons we play here, as in decades, we have some time to know, but most of the time, less recovered than the opponent.

00:34So it's not a problem, I would say.

00:36Over the course of the season, how big an advantage could that be for a team like Bournemouth who have just got 38 games?

00:42It's a question. I will respond to you, but it's a question for Ira Ola.

00:46What is the situation? Don't play, you know, have a long, long week.

00:50So only I can say that you can sustain this gap of less games or less time, I would say less games and less timing or less days before the games.

01:01You see, we are, yeah, the full squad.

01:03When that's happened, you can handle it.

01:05When you don't have it, it's more difficult.

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