Guardiola discloses the peculiar approach that Man City has been getting ready for Fulham

Pep Guardiola disclosed that this week’s City training has taken place on longer grass.He likened Fulham’s “high and dry” pitch to Roland Garros and issued a warning.Why are Sunday’s Celtics end-of-season awards taking place? Listen to the It’s All Kicking Off! podcast. If they lose the Old Firm, there won’t be a carnival. Manchester City has grown their training ground’s grass in preparation for this lunchtime’s “high and dry” pitch against Fulham. On Thursday, Pep Guardiola disclosed that his players had rehearsed on the specially created field.

The City manager moaned last season that the Craven Cottage surface was ‘so long and so dry’ despite winning there and is not taking any chances as his side continue their quest for a fourth consecutive Premier League title.

‘Yesterday we trained part of the session with dry, high (grass) to adapt, to feel it,’ Guardiola said.

‘After we went to normal grass and it’s a massive difference. Massive. It’s completely different.

Pep Guardiola revealed that Manchester City have been training on a specially designed pitch to prepare for Fulham’s ‘high and dry’ Craven Cottage turf

‘It’s like you play at Wimbledon and then Roland Garros. We have to adapt. The passes have to be stronger.’

Premier League rules state grass for matches cannot be longer than 30mm. Guardiola prefers the Etihad to be 20mm.