“If we do that though, we must fight to finish first in the group with our last two games”. “We hope we will see a good performance away from home”. But we have a squad and it was important to make changes because I was not happy in the way we were playing.
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Manchester City supporters’ anger with UEFA showed little sign of abating on Tuesday as they heaped further opprobrium on the Champions League anthem in Sevilla.
However, 650 CSKA fans were still able to enter the ground during their 2-2 draw while the Premier League club had been strictly advised not to let their fans travel to Russian Federation – a move that led fans to question which team was being punished. They did so with two games remaining.
“I think we played one of our best games”, said City manager Manuel Pellegrini.
Sevilla know all about Navas, the 29-year-old coming through the club’s academy system and making 393 appearances before joining City in 2013.
The Spanish side will take on Manuel Pellegrini side with the Blue half of Manchester desperately in need of a win on the road. “We defended solidly, won our aerial battles and were spot on all over the pitch”.
But Hart admits City are starting to grow in confidence at the highest level and won’t fear anyone when the Champions League gets serious in the latter stages. “Now we will try to qualify in first position”.
‘We had prepared to play one-touch football and that was the reason we created so many chances.
“I think we have done a grand job and we are happy about what we have done”. “It is a huge challenge, similar to that when we played Barcelona for the calibre of the opponent, the leaders of the Premier League, and it will take our best to overcome them”.
Both teams are part of Group D of the competition and the other two teams involved are Juventus and Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Last season City needed back-to-back victories over Bayern Munich and Roma to scrape into the next stage as group runners-up. Maybe Sevilla thought they could beat us but we had the ball a lot and that made it hard for them. “Tomorrow we are playing at the Sanchez Pizjuan and we have to continue with this consistency”, added Emery.
