Pablo Zabaleta says Manchester City "need a flawless game to beat Barcelona"

The five-times Ballon d'Or victor struck in the 17th, 61st and 69th minutes - the last two coming after City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had been sent off - as Pep Guardiola suffered an unhappy return to his old club. However, he sure will be hoping to put all that behind and be at his best when he faces his former team. "And we are going to try to win the first points in our next game for sure", Guardiola said on Saturday.

"I wanted more midfielders", said Guardiola, confirming that Aguero was not troubled by any lingering injuries from recent global duty.

Guardiola's outfit enjoyed a supreme start to life under the Spaniard, winning their six opening games, but drew with Celtic in the Champions League in what was the beginning of a three-match winless streak. "I'm glad he's fit for tomorrow".

"It is a good chance [to move ahead in the group] but then we have to go to Manchester".

"I don't know what instructions I can give the defenders so stop his talent".

Guardiola won 14 trophies in four years with Barcelona and took Bayern Munich to three consecutive Bundesliga titles, but is now without a win in four games at City, where he began with 10 straight victories. "Impossible. We have to adjust but we will be ourselves as much as possible".

Klopp believes he has silenced his Liverpool doubters
Their first half performance was quite poor - no cutting edge and very little imagination going forward. It was a sign of things to come, and it wasn't long before the Reds were level. "It is not too nice".

With Javier Mascherano and Sergio Busquets having also committed to new deals, Luis Enrique believes the morale of the squad can only improve.

At the age of 45, he has done everything in the game as a coach.

"I think you have to play against the best to see how you can deal with it and it always brings the best out in you as well". "I love his attacking mentality".

The Chilean was shown a straight red eight minutes into the second half after handling outside of the box as Barcelona ran out 4-0 winners.

"In the case of Leo I really wish him to play here and finish his career here - play here for a long time".

City reached the last four for the first time in their history last season under Manuel Pellegrini, but lost all four meetings against Barcelona on the only other occasions they've even reached the knockout phase in the previous two seasons. "He makes chances, between the lines and when he's out wide".


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