Manchester City player Nolito speaks about
beating Barcelona as Champions League
continues.
Manchester united were battered by Barcelona in the
first leg at Barcelona (Nuo camp),however
the second leg which will be played at Etihad will be a thrilling encounter.
Pep`s Man city is expected to play better and give
Barcelona a very tough encounter.
Nolito speaks, "If we
want to qualify for the next round we need to win this one.
"We have some difficult games left
and the first one is Barcelona. We know how strong they are but we are going to
try to take some points off them."
Barcelona will be without two of their
first-choice defenders in Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba, while midfielder Andres
Iniesta is also sidelined.
Yet they remain a formidable side with
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar leading the line.
Nolito, 30, said: "Even if they
have players missing it is still Barca we are playing against. They have a very
strong squad.
"Whatever player plays can make it
difficult for you."
City will have Willy Caballero in goal
with Claudio Bravo suspended while top scorer Sergio Aguero seems likely to
start after surprisingly being put on the bench in Barcelona.
Nolito said: "I think he is one of
the best strikers in the world and we are proud to have him in the team.
"We hope he can have one of those
days where he scores many goals and hopefully we can win the match."
City's former Barcelona manager Pep
Guardiola is well aware of how ruthless his old team can be and knows the
Premier League leaders will have to be at their best.
He said: "We have to play like a
final. It's not a final for them, it is a final for us.
"There are just three games left
and we dropped two points in Glasgow, so we have to recover those points in the
next two games.
"I have never entered a match
thinking we can't win but we have to play almost perfectly."
Guardiola has also warned his side to
watch their discipline. Bravo's dismissal at the Nou Camp was City's fourth red
card in five games against Barca, all of which ended in defeat.
He said: "It's always difficult to
win Champions League games and it's always difficult against Barcelona 11 v 11,
but when it's 10 v 11 it's almost impossible."
Barca boss Luis Enrique is wary of the
threat posed by Guardiola.
He said: "I think Pep's Man City
have a lot of things going for them, they can do many things.
"We know Pep and we know his ideas.
We have to be very attentive to what they do because Pep will try to touch the
correct key to get the result."
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