Rodgers’ side are top of the Scottish Premiership, five points clear of Hearts with a game in hand, and booked a League Cup semi-final clash with rivals Rangers next month following their defeat of third-tier Alloa Athletic in midweek.
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Sterling has been in spectacular form for Pep Guardiola’s City, scoring four Premier League goals to go with two assists in six outings.
“The 28-year-old scored a double as Pep Guardiola’s side beat Swansea 3-1 in Wales to maintain their flawless record at the top of the Premier League after six games”.
“It was a brilliant team performance by us”. We were set up to be super aggressive and disrupt their game. He’s a young player with a great talent and a great future and I am sure he will try to do his best against us. “He gave me a lot of confidence as well”.
“They are an incredible team playing with high confidence in their league, but this is a great game for us”. You’re a dynamic player’.
He and his teammates know they face the same sort of competitive contrast as they experienced between their 5-1 win over Rangers turned around three days later when they were thrashed 7-0 in Barcelona, but the Swedish defender reckons the way they went about their business after going behind to Souleyman Couilbaly’s 33rd minute thunderbolt, served notice of intent.
The National has chose to focus on the threat posed by Sergio Aguero, who has 11 goals in six matches so far this season, citing the Argentinian’s memorable City debut.
“It is a hard game of course. I know his qualities and the level he is at”, admitted the former Swansea and Liverpool manager.
“His first goals in English football were against my team Swansea when he came on as substitute – and he actually cost more than our stadium at Swansea cost”.
Celtic may be without goalkeeper Dorus de Vries for the match against City after the Dutchman failed to reappear after the break in the win over Killie. “Dorus strained his chest when he landed”.
“This is a totally different competition, but we want to be involved in all of them so we need a good performance”.
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“We talked about the game, we looked at some clips and at where we can improve, but sometimes we have to remember that we only had one day of preparation for the big game”.
