Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has explained that he is unsure about the extent of Joe Hart’s injury. City have already qualified for the next round of the Champions League, but have recently been shaken to their core by a huge loss at home to Liverpool and a week prior a draw with Aston Villa. So they don´t need to win, but the second place could mean ticket to Barcelona or Munich.
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Morata proved to be a handful for the City defence and he almost extended Juventus’ lead in the 79th minute but Hart was on hand to deny the Spaniard a goal. “We have so many injuries it is hard to continue the same pace but we had the personality to do it”. Winning in Italy against a team which reached the UEFA Champions League final last time out would be an important moment for this team.
“In this moment, it is impossible to know – he has a problem in his hamstring”, the Chilean said.
“It’s not an easy stadium, it’s not an easy team, but we couldn’t get the result we wanted”.
Juventus have made a slow start to this season but that was to be expected, due to departure of Vidal, Tevez or Pirlo.
“They didn’t just accept their fate, either; they went looking for the equaliser for the rest of the game”.
“I hope we beat and still finish top of the group because it is important to arrive in the knock out stages in first position”.
During in the second-half of the 1-0 defeat in Turin last night, the 28-year-old was replaced with nine minutes of normal time remaining.
One of the most heavily wagered upon sporting events in the world, the Champions League offers a huge amount of online gambling props to choose from. “We are fighting in one of the toughest divisions in the world and we are up and around the top of it, so there’s no reason why we can’t be competing on the European stage”.
“We’re proud of that statistic so the lads deserve all the credit they get”.
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With Paul Pogba in inspired form in midfield for Juventus, Mandzukic then forced a good save from Joe Hart who also blocked an effort from Stephan Lichtsteiner after the Swiss had burst down the right. “That’s why I was not so unhappy with the way we played because we didn’t have many chances to make substitutions and had to take Sergio Agüero out after 65 minutes”.
