While goalkeeper Hart is understandably focused on City becoming harder to score against, Kevin De Bruyne, who grabbed the victor in stoppage time against Sevilla, said it was their commitment to attack that earned the points on Wednesday.
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City is second in the group, a point behind Juventus and three ahead of Sevilla going into the reverse fixture against the Spanish club next.
Sevilla continued to make chances, with Vicente Iborra volleying wide and substitute Michael Krohn-Delhi missing the target, before City netted the victor thanks to the coolness of their £54m man.
De Gea, Sagna, Kompany, Smalling, Shaw, Toure, Herrera, De Bruyne, Silva, Martial, Aguero.
“We will continue trying to improve our play, but for me, the character, concentration and intensity in Europe has been very important”. They have a “Say NO to Racism” campaign to try and end racism although it seems as if it’s done as much for photo ops than ending actual racism in European soccer.
Asked if he could have wished for such a fine start, the 24-year-old said: “Probably not”. We have a chance to hopefully win that game and extend the gap between [ourselves], United and Arsenal.
Vincent Kompany being left on the bench raised a few eyebrows, whether he was being rested for the Manchester Derby on Sunday or whether Pellegrini is making a statement remains to be seen.
“Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala are playing very well”, he said.
The Belgian feels the Derby this weekend will be a little different however, die to it’s timing in the season, and the Champions League games both team had to negotiate midweek. “Hopefully we can do good on Sunday”.
Ill-feeling towards UEFA grew after City’s match at CSKA Moscow last October was ordered to be played behind closed doors because of the poor behaviour of Russian supporters.
Vincent Kompany believes that Manchester United are not the only rival to Manchester City in this season’s title race. “Fortunately we created that play that produced the goal”, said the City boss. Yaya Toure was the creator, the Ivorian surging forward before slipping the ball to De Bruyne, whose cool finish took his tally to five goals in his last seven games.
Manchester City fans, among many fans of other teams have had an unfavorable view of UEFA in recent months.
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“It was a fantastic finish from Kevin de Bruyne and a big three points”, he added.
