On Wednesday night, Pep Guardiola took a break from Manchester City's FA Cup semifinal preparations to attend an Elton John concert.
After winning the Premier League three games before the season's end, the legendary manager is in the midst of a historic triple push with the city's sky blue team.
On Saturday at Wembley, City will take on their crosstown rivals Manchester United. This will be their first encounter at the storied stadium since their semifinal matchup in the same league over ten years ago.
If they defeat Erik ten Hag's team in the capital, City will meet Inter Milan in the Champions League final, fulfilling their third challenge in Istanbul.
But as the former Barcelona manager joined the throng at the AO Arena for the first night of the season, penning his squad into the annals of history was the furthest thing from his mind.
Guardiola went on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour with his oldest daughter Maria, who posted videos of the performer belting out favorites including "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" and "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word."
With a beaming smile on his face, the league-leading head coach was observed documenting the displays.
After their league season ended, the manager had earlier given his players two days off, stressing the value of rest during such a demanding time.
Guardiola suggested that you should "go with your families, if the sun is shining, play golf, do whatever you want, and go to the quality to prepare for the finals." You have to put in a little bit of training, but that's precisely what we need to do to be ready for the
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The pop diva was mentioned by Guardiola, a longtime admirer of Watford's honorary life president, in an interview with BBC Sounds about his six favorite songs in 2018.
His favorite song by the musician is "Your Song," and according to the manager, seeing it performed live has long been a dream.
One of my dreams is to attend an Elton John performance, especially to hear this song. I recall a number of songs from that time in my life, when I was 18 or 19 and first started playing in Barcelona.
When we faced Watford in the final game of the season, I had the pleasure of meeting Elton John, Guardiola continued.
I'm hoping he can arrange a concert, thanks. I will attend.
Sir Elton might not be the biggest fan of Guardiola's from a footballing standpoint in return.
The City team led by the Catalan boss has an impressive 11-match winning streak over the Hertfordshire club.
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