Man City Didn’t Deserve Defeat To Juventus Insists Manuel Pellegrini
Juventus’s poor start to the season should not disguise the fact they finished the last one in May celebrating their fourth Scudetto in a row.
“Overall I think the story of the game is City have so much to learn about competing against the better teams in Europe”.
It was English worldwide who had the best chance to score a goal in the first half, but his shot was saved by Italian legend, Gianluigi Buffon, who turned 36 this year.
Before kickoff, City were on great form, winning all five of their first five league games without conceding a single goal, but were eventually knocked down by the Serie A champions.
“It is not the best way to start to lose at home to such a strong team in the group as Juventus”. So, in this case, I think we have a lot of problems with different players but I have 100% trust in the squad we choose.
“I don’t think this result is just because of Raheem”. “Vincent has a calf injury, we’ll see how it is but now we don’t know”.
Aguero, last season’s top scorer, could return for Saturday’s Premier League clash with West Ham.
Juventus also had their chances and their even scored a goal, but it was ruled out as refeere said Alvaro Morata was offside and interfering with the play.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side faces a very hard challenge next, when they take on Bundesliga’s Borussia Monchengladbach at Borussia Park on September 30.
Kompany had been involved in City’s opener on 57 minutes that eventually went in off Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini, but Juve struck twice in the closing stages to secure the victory.
Juventus deservedly beat Manchester City as they played far more as a team than the Premier League leaders, according to Arrigo Sacchi.
“We are not thinking where we are going to get to in this year’s Champions League, we are just thinking about tonight”, claimed the former Real Madrid boss.
“I expect that when we have chances we must score”, the Chilean was quoted as saying by the Daily Express.