Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has also been musing about tomorrow's tie with Barcelona. "Winning the last game helped a lot but the Champions League is much different," he said.
"We lost 4-0. We still have much to learn. We concede a lot but I learn how good we compete in a lot of minutes.
"Tomorrow we have another chance against the best."
They’re finding it difficult to get Diego Costa into this game.” Sorry Crystal Palace fans; there were about seven seconds between me uttering those words and Costa’s header hitting the back of the net. They were finding it difficult – largely because Palace were doing an excellent job of limiting his supply line – and then they found a different route. Because, as they cliche goes, that’s what champions do. For 43 minutes, Chelsea had prodded and probed, only to find Alan Pardew’s side unusually resolute and surprisingly well-drilled. Joe Ledley and James McArthur were disciplined in central midfield, Jason Puncheon and Wilfried Zaha all-but nullified the threat of Chelsea’s wing-backs and Costa was having practically no fun at all; the half-time statistics showed no outfield player had touched the ball less and his pass completion rate was a woeful 36.4%. “Hazard and Willian are the two that I think are the best, so those pockets are going to be important that we block ...
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s thumping strike saw Manchester United overcome Tottenham 1-0, but the in-form Armenian’s injury took the edge off Sunday’s much-needed victory. Promising displays have not brought with them anywhere near enough points this season, but United brought a frustrating run of four successive home Premier League draws to a timely halt. Mkhitaryan marked another fine display with an excellent first-half strike against Tottenham, securing a 1-0 victory that the attacking midfielder was unable to celebrate properly after exiting on a stretcher. It was a disappointing end to an impressive United display, with this victory crucial as they try to catch the top four. Mkhitaryan, so impressive since fighting his way into the team, was the architect, following-up his maiden United goal in Thursday’s Europa League trip to Zorya Luhansk with a fine first-half effort. Spurs, emboldened by comprehensive back-to-back wins, made life difficult and regularly threatened ...
Pundits Alan Shearer and Phil Neville could not come to agreement on whether the Manchester United striker is 'world class' or not. Now, Goal readers can decide! Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville has renewed his claim that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is "world class", posting a teasing tweet to fellow pundit Alan Shearer after the striker's latest goals. Ibrahimovic has scored 10 goals in his last nine games for United, but Shearer asserted that the 35-year-old "was world class", but is no longer on the same level as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Luis Suarez. Neville took to Twitter to once again highlight the striker's world class qualities as he netted twice in a 2-0 win over West Brom on Saturday, with many Manchester United fans agreeing
"Winning the last game helped a lot but the Champions League is much different," he said.
"Winning the last game helped a lot but the Champions League is much different," he said.
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