Pellegrini’s biggest call this weekend is whether to recall captain Vincent Kompany, or retain the center-back partnership of Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala.
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MCSC chairman Alan Galley said: “It’s all to do with this Financial Fair Play, isn’t it, and the fact that a lot of City fans don’t think that what Uefa did was fair”.
“I don’t know, that is something between the manager and him”. Maybe he wants him to train a little bit to be fully fit without any risks. I don’t see any problems with them.
Sometimes in football it’s not about how you win, it’s that you win and Man City did just that and it puts them in a great position after the other two teams in the group Juventus and Monchengladbach played out a goalless draw in Turin.
Toure burst to life six minutes later to bring City level, easing his way past Timothee Kolodziejczak at the right byline to cross for Raheem Sterling, whose effort was saved before Bony reacted first to turn the ball onto Rami’s shin and into the net.
“I’m finished talking about Vincent, I’ve said all I can about him”, he said at one point.
De Bruyne himself has been in superb form since his £54million August move from Wolfsburg.
And, fresh from scoring a last-minute victor against Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday, the Belgian is now eagerly looking forward to Sunday’s derby at Old Trafford. I think our first title win, we had something in the squad.
City did create a number of chances but had to rely on their counter-attacking abilities as Sevilla controlled possession.
There were those questioning Pellegrini (myself included) last night with the score at 1-1 as to whether he should adopt a more defensive formation to ensure City took a point from the game ahead of the return game in a fortnight’s time.
Their disgruntlement with Uefa grew when a match against CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital last October was ordered to be played behind closed doors because of the behaviour of home fans.
Sevilla nearly restored their lead moments before the break, but Kevin Gameiro headed over Vitolo’s cross from the left with just Hart to beat.
His versatility could become a highly effective weapon for City and he has no preference of role. I have played everywhere in my career.
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“I would say the best moment to experience the derby is if you come towards the end of the season and that is the only thing people have got to focus on”, he said.
