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Simon Bajkowski

Pep Guardiola makes Treble admission after Man City beat Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola said his players could visualise winning the Treble as they moved to within three games of the historic achievement.

Manchester United in 1999 are the only English team to have won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in a single season but City can follow their neighbours if they can end their campaign with three wins. As well as needing one win from three remaining matches to clinch the league title, the Blues are now in two cup finals after demolishing Real Madrid 4-0 in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Guardiola has previously shut down all mentions of the Treble, and even after beating Real asked for him to be allowed to win the Premier League and FA Cup before he has to entertain more questions on it. However, the City boss had to concede that they are now closer to achieving the improbable and his players will be thinking about it.

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"We're closer. Let me win the first two!," the City boss said.

"In the Premier League we are close, we need one more game. And I would say when we play against our neighbours and in the final of the Champions League against an Italian team, be calm. The season is really good already with what we have done.

"Now we have to lift the trophies but we've had so much joy and fun with our people this season. We made our fans happy all around the world. They saw a good team playing. This is the biggest compliment. But we are going to try.

"Of course we are there. The players can think about it and visualise it. It's normal.

"We are three games away, one in each competition. We can do it. But for me it is more important after many years that we are there."

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