Manchester City will go to Wembley Stadium to challenge the powerful Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the 2024/25 season. Guardiola said that he hopes the team can reach the FA Cup final again and believes that Manchester City will get better in the future.

It is worth mentioning that Guardiola led Manchester City to win the FA Cup in the 2018/19 and 2022/23 seasons.

Manchester City manager Guardiola said at a press conference, "For me, I can still feel the excitement, especially after such a season we have experienced. We are in the initiative and have an incredible opportunity to advance to the FA Cup final for the third consecutive year."

“We have a few days to prepare for the game against Wolves, who are in their best form of the season. Then if we get to the final, we will have more time to prepare and be ready for the last three or four league games.”

Earlier in the Premier League, Manchester City relied on goals from Bernardo Silva and Nunez to beat Aston Villa 2-1 at home, successfully giving the players more confidence to face the FA Cup semi-final.

Guardiola said, "First of all, we must advance to the final. I have said before that advancing to the final or advancing to the Champions League alone does not mean that this season is successful. But at least we have avoided a more serious situation. For me, the standard for measuring whether a season is excellent is always the Premier League. The league can bring continuous satisfaction every week, followed by the FA Cup and the Champions League."

“The Premier League can define the strength of a team, and our performance this season is not good, but it could be worse, and we may even be in an undesirable ranking. Whether we can prepare for the final stage of the season smoothly depends on whether we can make it to the FA Cup final. I hope we can do it.”

In addition, Guardiola also said, "There are many reasons for our decline, but I have a feeling that we will be better next season, more competitive, and get back to our true selves."

“I’m not saying the team will definitely win the Premier League next season, or go far in the FA Cup, League Cup or Champions League. After all, the off-season is not here yet, and I don’t know how the team will react. But I know that the players have realized what it takes to become a really good team.”