“I think if we can do better defensively we can create chances and score goals in Manchester”.
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“We made too many mistakes”, he said.
“But we have shown that we can score goals away from home. I believe in my coach and my players and I’m convinced we will do it in the return leg”. We try to win the games from the beginning. When the ball fails to go at the right rhythm we lack quality.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini’s plans to play captain Vincent Kompany in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final, second-leg against Paris St Germain could rekindle his feud with Belgium manager Marc Wilmots over the defender.
“We will need to play well in Manchester to go through because they have good players and normally they like to play the same way away as they do at home”.
But the Belgian was happy with the way they rallied to level through Fernandinho after they had fallen 2-1 down to Adrien Rabiot’s goal.
“But it’s a game of 180 minutes. Hopefully we make them count”. However, typical of City’s pride and fight, Fernandinho netted the equalizer and helped ensure a 2-2 draw at the Parc De Princes.
Agüero pointed to how City never wavered, despite being pinned back for large parts of the game.
“There were talks with PSG, but finally chose to join Manchester City, saw them as a better option”.
“I can’t see City sitting back and protecting the result”, said Blanc, who will be without centerback David Luiz and midfielder Blaise Matuidi through suspension. “It was a brilliant performance from all of us and we will keep going”. “A very close game right to the end”. In what has been a fairly disappointing league campaign, reaching the final four on Europe’s grandest stage would be a feather in Manuel Pellegrini’s cap. “We’re involved in a really important quarter-final and we both want to make history for our clubs, so the penalty has gone now”.
Hart was particularly pleased with the way his team-mates recovered from conceding such a disappointing equaliser four minutes before the interval. “We have some good players and there is more to come from us”. That’s our main regret tonight.
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City have surprisingly slipped out of the Premier League title race having been favourites two months ago, but the Champions League now clearly offers an opportunity to change the complexion of their season. “We always concede at home but in the past we’ve proven that we can score away”.
