Overview
- Lijnders will oversee Manchester City for the FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool at the Etihad on the weekend of April 4.
- Guardiola’s suspension also rules him out of City’s Premier League trip to West Ham on March 14.
- The ban does not apply to the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal on March 22 or to Champions League fixtures.
- Guardiola received his sixth yellow card during City’s 3-1 FA Cup win at Newcastle and quipped he would go on holiday for the two games.
- Lijnders, a longtime former Liverpool coach who joined City last summer after a brief Salzburg stint, said Jurgen Klopp encouraged him to take the assistant role.