Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was concerned about the condition of the pitch at Etihad Stadium.
Due to the shortened break between seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club’s employees did not have time to relocate the field in the summer.
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The winter weather in Manchester and a large number of games – the Etihad have played four games in the last 11 days – have made it difficult to play on the surface and Guardiola admitted this was a problem for his team is.
“You work a lot trying to find a solution, but the grass is not good,” Guardiola said at a press conference on Friday.
“All the players know how good the grass is, but the weather is bad. The grass was better in London against Arsenal, Anfield, Old Trafford, Budapest. Incredible as a carpet and it’s not good here. And we need it.”
Etihad Square was not reoccupied in the summer. Photo by Alex Livesey – Danehouse / Getty Images
City, who travel to Fulham on Saturday, won’t play Leeds at Etihad until April 10 when they face Leeds.
You have three remaining home games in the Premier League, but you could also play home games in the Champions League.
The planned home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach was moved to Budapest due to restrictions of the corona virus.
