Manchester Metropolis have grown the grass at their schooling floor in anticipation of a ‘high and dry’ surface area at Fulham on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola exposed that his stars practised on the specifically organized pitch on Thursday.
The Metropolis manager moaned previous period that the Craven Cottage floor was ‘so lengthy and so dry’ inspite of profitable there and is not taking any possibilities as his side continue their quest for a fourth consecutive Premier League title.
‘Yesterday we experienced element of the session with dry, significant (grass) to adapt, to truly feel it,’ Guardiola said.
‘After we went to ordinary grass and it’s a enormous variation. Substantial. It’s absolutely diverse.
Pep Guardiola uncovered that Manchester Town have been teaching on a specifically designed pitch to put together for Fulham’s ‘high and dry’ Craven Cottage turf
Metropolis scraped a 2-1 get at Fulham last period in the title operate-in and Guardiola moaned of the ‘long and dry’ surface area
‘It’s like you play at Wimbledon and then Roland Garros. We have to adapt. The passes have to be much better.’
Leading League guidelines point out grass for matches are unable to be for a longer period than 30mm. Guardiola prefers the Etihad to be 20mm.