Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted that goalkeeper Joe Hart is being considered to play against Steaua Bucharest.
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Following their 4-2 victory against City in April 2015, Van Gaal said: ‘I can go to Mr Wing’s because when you win you can go.
Once again yesterday, Guardiola found himself having to answer questions about a player who has started the first three games of this season on the bench. Yaya Toure, Wilfried Bony, Samir Nasri and Eliaquim Mangala, who like Hart have played no part for City so far this season, were also among the 33 players who trained across two pitches.
‘And in the Premier League there are much more games, it’s more physical and I think we need more players’. We are clear – him with me, I with him. It is because when you create a good buildup our forward players receive the ball in better conditions and that is the reason why.
“I do feel for him a little bit but knowing Joe and the character he’s got, he’ll bounce back and do really well this season wherever he ends up”.
“If it goes for a longer period of time then I think it’s hard then to select them, based on how they feel, never mind from a training point of view – can they go and play at that level having not played for their own team for a considerable amount of time?”
Sterling set the tone for City in last week’s first-leg 5-0 win in Bucharest, winning an early penalty (which Aguero squandered) and laying on goals for David Silva and Aguero, who scored a hat-trick.
Meanwhile, Guardiola has urged striker Sergio Aguero to help his side maintain pressure on opponents and not “disappear” when his side do not have possession of the ball.
City have not commented on the development, but it is understood Bravo has been told he can leave Barcelona. I have seen many times in the Champions League – at half-time an experienced team like AC Milan were 3-0 ahead and the final was done, but Liverpool won the Champions League final. I know most of the trainers don’t like to.
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“It’s going to be hard but we feel confident going into the game”.
