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With Real Madrid in the semifinal of the Champions League and Manchester United in the FA Cup final, City only needs one victory to reclaim the Premier League championship.
Aymeric Laporte, a defender for Manchester City, thinks Pep Guardiola's team "deserves many things" and is optimistic about their chances of winning the triple.
If City defeats Real Madrid on Wednesday, they will advance to their second Champions League final in three seasons. If they defeat Chelsea on Sunday, they will have the opportunity to win the Premier League for the fifth time in six years.
On June 3, a first-ever all-Manchester FA Cup final will take place, and following a crucial weekend in which City had the chance to win the Premier League at home with two matches left after Arsenal lost 3-0 to Brighton, Laporte concedes that the emphasis is beginning to narrow.
He described the 3-0 victory over Everton on Sunday, which prepared for the probable celebration at the Etihad Stadium next weekend, as "massive for us and important for the season."
"We are deserving of a lot. Hopefully, we can complete the treble, but to do so, we must remain concentrated throughout every game and work even harder than we have in recent weeks.
Ilkay Gundogan, a midfielder, has played a significant role in recent games. In the victory at Everton, he scored twice for the second game in a row and assisted Erling Haaland.
Guardiola has lauded the German's leadership abilities, admitting that he doesn't speak much but that when he does, his teammates pay attention since the 32-year-old, whose contract expires in the summer, prefers to lead by example.
Because of this, Gundogan is arguably the treble-chasing team's most composed player. When asked what is expected of them for the remainder of the season, he responded, "To keep the group calm and not get too overexcited.
There isn't much time to heal because there is a game every three or four days, so we must strive to maximize it.
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