Manchester City receive FC Copenhagen this afternoon from 16:00 (Argentine time), for the third round of the group stage of the Champions League. The English team leads with two plays and two wins, and tries to keep their streak against the Danes, who only add one point.
The match will be played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester and the television broadcast will be entrusted to Fox Sports. With the standings on track and several casualties from injury, Guardiola could rotate the squad to rest his starting lineup, so Argentinian Julián Álvarez is believed to be able to play from the start.
Meanwhile, the Spanish manager of Manchester City has been praised as he talks about the stats of Erling Haaland, his team’s scorer. The of him “speak for themselves,” said the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
The Norwegian forward, who just scored a hat-trick against Manchester United on Sunday, is only 21 years old and has scored a total of 26 goals in European competition over the course of his career.
“At this age nobody can be compared to him. Nobody. His numbers speak for themselves. He is an exceptional player. He trusts his physique a lot. He is very intense and intelligent. He can play without problems every three days,” said Guardiola. behind the wheel press release before the Champions League match against Copenhagen.
Haaland has scored 14 Premier League goals, scored three hat-tricks and also leads the Champions League top scorers with three goals.
“I know that the journalists and the people of Copenhagen expect us to win tomorrow, but I’m not that kind of coach. I respect them a lot. Last night and today I watched the match against Sevilla. To prepare for these matches I don’t look at the table. , I look at how the team is. This is the Champions League and I have a lot of respect for all the teams. Tomorrow will be no exception “, explained Guardiola.
Probable formations
Manchester City: Ortega; Cancelo, Laporte, Ake, Gomez; Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo; Mahrez, Julian Alvarez, Palmer.
Copenhagen: Ryan; Kristiansen, Khotcholava, Vavro, Diks; Daramy, Zeca, Falk, Stam, Johannesson; Claesson.
With information from Agencies
Source: Clarin
