Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has once again lashed out over their fixture schedule through the Christmas and New Year period.

Following his side’s 3-1 victory against Leicester City on Saturday, Guardiola laid out in detail his team’s schedule for the next few days.

The champions have been given Boxing Day off but then face two games in less than 48 gruelling hours. They have an evening kick-off at Wolves on December 27, followed by a home game against Sheffield United at tea-time on Sunday.

By comparison, title rivals Liverpool have an extra day to rest up between their two matches against Leicester and Wolves.

City are believed to have had several conversations with the Premier League to make their unhappiness clear.

But as Guardiola said when the schedule was announced, his only option is to put his players in cold storage for two days.

“I wrote a letter to the Premier League to say thank you and we are going to the fridge after Wolves to get ready for Sheffield United,” Guardiola told the Telegraph.

“[Sunday was] a day off, we are training [on December] 23 and 24. The night of the 24th is off. The morning of the 25th off. Then the 26th training and 27th [play] Nuno’s team.”

Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne says two games so close together is a concern for him and his team-mates.

The Belgian, 28, said:

“The first game is in five or six days, so that’s OK, the other one — I don’t know what to do. We’ll see how everybody feels after 48 hours.

“Normally it would be impossible to play, but it’s the schedule and we just have to find a way to manage but we’ll see what happens.

“Hopefully everybody feels alright for these two games, but we’re going to have to change a few players.”