Pep Guardiola says Metropolis will likely be with no lengthy listing of gamers for our UEFA Champions League conflict with Galatasaray on Wednesday night time.
And he has urged the followers to push the facet to a victory required on the Etihad Stadium if we’re to make it into the highest eight of the league section.
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Forward of the sport on 28 January at 20:00 (UK), Metropolis at the moment sit eleventh within the desk, amongst eight groups on 13 factors combating to keep away from ending in a play-off place.
We might nonetheless want different outcomes to go our method however a win is a should, though lots of the facet that featured in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Wolves will likely be unavailable.
New signings Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi are ineligible for the Champions League till the knockout levels whereas Rodri will miss out following his pink card in opposition to Bodo/Glimt.
“We’d like our followers,” Guardiola stated forward of the sport in opposition to the Turkish membership.
“Marc can’t play, Antoine can’t play, Rodri can’t play, other than all of the gamers on the sidelines.
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“Nico is not going to be prepared. Savinho is not going to be prepared, Stones is not going to be prepared. An extended listing however hopefully our stands can encourage us to strive it.
“We’ll proceed on this competitors, final season at this stage we performed in opposition to Brugge and if we misplaced we went residence. That won’t occur this time.
“After all we need to end within the first eight. Now we have to win our recreation and watch for what occurs.”
Bernardo Silva will return after lacking final week’s journey to Norway by suspension.
And Guardiola says that he’ll all the time feels higher when our captain is out there, significantly after one other sturdy efficiency in opposition to Wolves, as we reduce the hole on the high of the Premier League to 4 factors.
“I sleep higher once I determine to play him within the group and I’ve to deal with my well being,” he added.
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“He’s one other sort. He’s a competitor and he has hearth in his eyes nonetheless. Hopefully he can inoculate this fireplace to the remainder of the group.
“How we defend each single ball, how we learn what we now have to do. The man who creates excuses forgets the errors and he by no means finds excuses.
“He’s particular due to how he competes in each single recreation. Typically he can’t as a result of he’s exhausted.
“He has performed essentially the most minutes with me in 10 seasons right here, it’s as a result of he’s actually good.”
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