Manuel Pellegrini uncertain about Joe Hart injury

Juve’s victory not only secured their place in the last 16 but took the Serie A champions ahead of City and into prime position to advance as group winners.

Beyond the defeat in Italy, City were faced with injury to Joe Hart, who had to be substituted.

“We will see. We don’t have many days until Saturday, but when we arrive in Manchester we will have a look”. City felt Otamendi was fouled but referee Felix Brych felt Mandzukic’s challenge was fair.

Sighting Stephan Lichtsteiner’s run, Sandro promptly delivered and when the Swiss global headed into the path of Mandzukic, the Croatian’s first-timer brought a great reflex save from Joe Hart.

As a result, Hart was replaced by Willy Caballero in the closing stages of the game in Turin.

Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta praised Paulo Dybala’s vast qualities after the win over Manchester City on Wednesday.

But in open play, Juve were a class apart. He goes down way too easy and Mandzukic has a tap-in for what should have been a cross that was defended properly, but Pellegrini will take comfort from the chances that he created. However, it was a moment of brilliance – one that wowed the crowd – and underlined why Pogba is so highly rated.

However, City manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident the match was a one-off and that it won’t be repeated for the Saints visit. Still, the side was packed with expensive talent and closely resembled that which proved so successful at Sevilla in terms of personnel and system. Compare that to when Kompany is not playing and the difference is clearly evident.

“They didn’t create a whole pile of chances but when they did De Bruyne was excellent”. Sterling was the first to it, but could only slice his effort, which actually deflected wide off Andrea Barzagli, with the defender’s intervention taking the ball closer to the goal.

Juventus vs Man City might be the most high profile game in this round of UCL.

“The application was a lot better than the weekend against Liverpool, there’s no doubt about that”, Quinn added. We were not clinical enough.

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.