The relegation-threatened Toffees produced a stunning 5-1 win at Brighton last weekend to haul themselves out of the bottom three but are still in the thick of the dogfight to avoid the drop.
As a result, the City boss expects Sean Dyche’s men to have their tails up and says the fact the game is sandwiched between two legs of the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid makes the task that much harder.
“Goodison Park during my six seasons here always has been so difficult,” said Guardiola.
“For the environment and now for the momentum (they have). Sean Dyche is a good trainer of his team.
“It is also (difficult) because it’s between Champions League games, but my thoughts are just on Everton, no more than that. so we have to just focus on this game
“We are 11 months working for Premier League, I don’t want to be distracted by the Real Madrid game.
“We don’t have much time, because we play Sunday. Thank you so much. It’s a real, real priority the game at Goodison Park.
“They have the history and quality of the team. Brighton is one of the toughest places to go.
“The result was a real impact not just in table, but in Everton’s mood. It’s a big result. Everyone we saw, we thought that every team will play for something special, and it will be tough.
“Everything can happen. Everton score the first goal in the first minute at Brighton and get an incredible result.
“Defensive structure and physicality they have at Everton is really good. Everything can happen in a football game.
“At the same time we know exactly what we are playing for. We will analyse what we have to do to beat them.
“We are for sure going to play until 3 June. Next Wednesday we have to deserve to play a game for one more week.
“We have for sure six games and potentially seven. It’s not much. Just two or three weeks until the end of the season. Go for it.”
And as for Premier League title rivals Arsenal, the boss added he fully expects Mikel Arteta’s side to win their remaining games:
“Definitely they are going to win the three games they have left,” said Pep.
“I would like the games they have against Brighton, Forest, Wolves to drop points, but with long weeks to prepare they will do it with nine points.”
