City, who were thrashed 4-1 by Liverpool last weekend, take on Southampton on Saturday, with Pellegrini’s side eager to re-assert their title-winning credentials.
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The goal in Turin allowed Juve to leapfrog the English side at the top of Group D, and a point at Sevilla on 8 December would confirm the Bianconeri’s seeding in the round of 16 draw.
“We had chances to score but at the end of the day, it was 1-0 for them and we have to bounce back in the next game”.
Manchester City were left facing the prospect of another unforgiving draw for the knockout phase of the Champions League after conceding their second successive defeat to Juventus in a 1-0 reverse on Wednesday.
“Joe Hart played well, he saved I think two goals”, Toure said.
Juventus have also kept a clean sheet in each of their first two home games in the competition this season. “Sevilla must win that game if they want to continue in the Europa League so the group is not finished”.
“I hope we beat Borussia and still finish top of the group because it is important to arrive in the knock out stages in first position”, Pellegrini said.
Hart was excellent throughout and it will represent a sizeable blow should he be unavailable -although the goalkeeper himself thought it was nothing serious.
Caballero replaced Hart for the final nine minutes but it was another substitute, Raheem Sterling, who captured the attention as he spurned a good late chance to equalise by shooting wide.
“He has a problem with his hamstring and has had a problem in his back for the past week”. If we lose and they win they will go ahead. “But for if for some reason he can not play I have trust in Willy [Caballero]”.
Griezmann scored in the 13th and 65th minutes at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, both times set up by team captain Gabi.
“David Silva is working with the physio in Manchester and we will know more tomorrow [Thursday], but Vincent Kompany has no chance to play this week”.
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Silva has been sidelined for almost seven weeks with the ankle injury he suffered on worldwide duty with Spain at the start of October, and Pellegrini is still unsure when his playmaker will return to full fitness.
