Pellegrini: Group is not finished

Mandzukic got Juve’s first goal when they came from behind to secure a 2-1 win in Manchester on matchday one and the Croatia striker’s 18th-minute strike was enough to seal the points this time around.

City have already qualified for the final 16, but can they bounce back after a 4-1 loss at home.

Vincent Kompany is set to miss Manchester City’s next four games after manager Manuel Pellegrini said he expects his captain to be sidelined for a further two weeks.

The paper says that could leave City without seven first team regulars this weekend. He has a problem with his hamstring but he has been carrying a problem in his back this week. It was a 50-50 game and we had a lot more chances than them but we were not clinical.

Two minutes later, the hosts took the lead as Mario Mandzukic shrugged off a weak challenge from Nicolas Otamendi to volley home Alex Santos’s left-wing cross.

“Kevin is a player that fortunately for us played one year here”, Pellegrini said, referring to the Belgian’s previous spell at Chelsea.

Saints have the chance to bag themselves a small piece of history at Manchester City on Saturday – but will have to overcome their recent Etihad Stadium hoodoo to achieve it.

Manchester City travel to Italy tonight to face Group D rivals Juventus.

“We have to see what Juventus will do against Sevilla”.

City’s priority is regaining their Premier League title, but given that they have already won the thing twice and this is their fifth season in the Champions League, making some more progress in this competition is becoming more and more important.

“The chance of the game comes [after a pass] across the six-yard box [by De Bruyne] for the tap-in, and I mean a tap-in, for Raheem Sterling”.

Fernando rose high above the Juve defence at a corner to fire in a header which Buffon turned onto the post and then smothered while under pressure from Martin Demichelis.

City have struggled in the knockout rounds in the past after being drawn against Barcelona and beating Borussia Monchengladbach in their final game and hoping that Sevilla can do them a favour against Juventus would be a better situation to be in. Now, overcome with injuries the team must get over its recent misfortunes and get back to winning.

Marotta added he was satisfied about qualifying to the next round in the Champions League, praising the team and coach Massimiliano Allegri.