On Saturday, there is more at stake than just a trophy and local bragging rights when the two neighboring rivals square off in the Wembley extravaganza for the first time.
Pep Guardiola thinks giving Manchester United extra motivation in the FA Cup final by preventing Manchester City from earning the treble.
On Saturday, there is more at stake than just a trophy and local bragging rights when the two neighboring rivals square off in the Wembley extravaganza for the first time.
With the Champions League final coming up the following week, a victory for Premier League champions City might be the second leg of a potentially magnificent treble.
United, on the other hand, will be eager to stop them and preserve their position in history as the only team to have won all three of those competitions in the same season, back in 1999.
Guardiola, the city manager, said: "I could understand it. It's natural that they own it. That is how sport is.
It's common to feel like "That belongs to us; we don't want anyone else to do it." It is entirely comprehensible. However, since it's a football game, the superior player will prevail.
However, United manager Erik ten Hag has downplayed the component of his team's assignment that involves spoiling the party.
Having won the Carabao Cup and reclaimed a Champions League spot, the Dutchman has had a promising debut season at Old Trafford.
Ten Hag remarked, "I understand what the fans are thinking.
But our main goal is to win trophies in order to rebuild Manchester United. We have a chance to take home a trophy, so we don't want anything to take away from that.
"We will do everything in our power to win the cup if it's important to the fans because it is to us."
Guardiola believes that he has not yet considered winning the treble. He spent the week getting ready to play United, and next week, he will turn his attention to playing Inter Milan in Istanbul.
We haven't talked about Inter in a while, he said. "We'll get Sunday off, then we'll train for three to four days.
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