Morata says Man City win proves Juve one of Europe’s best

Juve, Serie A winners for the past four years and last season’s Champions League runners-up, have made a poor start to the new campaign after a summer of upheaval.

Once again it was a night where City, dominant domestically with five wins out of five in the Premier League, still looked like they are struggling to convince themselves they belong in the exalted company of the Champions League.

City face Borussia Monchengladbach in their next group stage match on September 30. Juventus have a lot of experience of playing in the Champions League. And also the calibre of players they have attracted for their money. “We will see this afternoon how long it will be”.

Juventus stunned Manchester City to deal an early blow to their hopes of finally conquering Europe. Neither side created many chances but we had the possession and tried to score.

Another critical moment came after 75 minutes, with the score at 1-1, as City skipper Kompany was forced off with a calf injury.

After their 2-1 win away to Manchester City, Arrigo Sacchi says Juventus played far better as a team than their Premier League opponents.

Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon believes the clash with City provides the ideal opportunity for his side to kickstart their season, saying: “There is a huge amount of enthusiasm for this game“.

City are among the favourites to win the Champions League this year. We should’ve done better in attack during the first half and missed chances, while we did have a goal disallowed.

Juventus took control of the game and equalized in the 70th minute through Mario Mandzukic, who slotted home a Paul Pogba cross. We played against a strong team but I think we controlled the game’.

“They were very efficient: they buried the game in a very good way”.

Speaking about the clubs injury problems, Pellegrini claimed: “That’s why when you choose your squad for the season, it’s important to have two players for every position”.