Savinho believes that the FA Cup trip from Manchester City to Leyton Orient is a great opportunity to place their heavy 5-1 defeat against Arsenal behind them.
City gave four goals in 37 crazy second half minutes in the Emirates to beat them a defeat in the Premier League last Sunday, leaving them the fifth in the table.
Nevertheless, the Brazilian winger believes that a free week in the schedule has enabled the team to 'think' about what went wrong in London and the ways in which they can improve on Saturday to visit League Twoposition.
“It was good to have that free week without a game,” Savinho told ESPN.
“It is clear that it has been a full week, we all have things to do. It gave us a great opportunity to think about the game last Sunday, to think about it.
“Naturally, [the FA Cup] Comes quickly. We travel to London and it is another final for us. “
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The title is certainly out of reach for the city, while they were beaten by Tottenham from the EFL cup and are confronted this month with a heavy two-legged knock-out draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League, so that the FA Cup is their most Probable chance of silverware has been left this season.
Manager Pep Guardiola has a strong record in the competition and won the trophy in 2019 and 2023, while making the final two times the final.
Savinho hopes this year a deep run for the club while he is looking for his first trophy in English football.
“Every tournament is a target for me,” said Savinho.
“Unfortunately we are from the EFL Cup, Spurs has beaten us out, but we have to consider every trophy as an objective and this is a great opportunity to get ahead.
“It's a great opportunity for us, but it's one that we have to take, because if we don't [beat Leyton Orient] We are gone. It's that simple. So it's like a final for us.
“We lose, we have to go home, so hopefully we can do a good performance, get our confidence back and first go to the next round.”
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