Man City don’t need new signings, says Pellegrini
Swansea prepare for life without Garry Monk with one of the toughest trips on the calendar and will head to The Etihad with caretaker manager Alan Curtis leading the charge.
He is more hopeful that Sergio Aguero, who is also returning to training next week, will feature against the FA Cup winners. He needs time to recover from that problem, but it is not a serious injury, it is a pain injury.
Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, Fernando, Martin Demichelis, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri are all absent.
And asked afterwards if he thought it was one of the best European nights in City’s history, the Chilean said: ‘It is one of the best.
City have had problems with injuries throughout the campaign.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has challenged winger Raheem Sterling to improve in front of goal.
“Maybe we played three bad games in the whole season but in all the other games I think that we are a very consistent team and the best team this season”. “You can not have a conclusion after one game”.
“We play on Monday against Arsenal so we hope he will be fit for that game”.
“There are so many things we can talk about, but the talking has to stop when the players cross that white line”. “We need to concentrate more than on Saturday”.
That City finished top of Group D ahead of Juventus – avoiding a group victor in February’s knockouts – is largely down to one of the club’s newer players. I think we concede too many goals, especially in some games – Liverpool and Tottenham – and we didn’t do it very well against Stoke. I told the players beforehand the main target was already done – we were already qualified.
“I like to play attractive football, I like that the fans enjoy the game, I think that is the best way to win titles”.
“It’s hard to see Swansea struggling because they are the club that brought me to England and allowed me to establish myself in the Premier League and win a move to City, so I will always have respect for the club and their fans”.