Pep Guardiola has urged his Manchester Metropolis facet to harm and punish Actual Madrid as they conflict once more within the Champions League.
The holders tackle the competitors’s file 14-time winners within the first leg of their quarter-final on the Bernabeu on Tuesday.
It’s the third successive season the 2 golf equipment have met within the knockout levels, with Actual having staged a shocking comeback to win the 2022 semi-final however Metropolis avenging that loss 12 months later.
Talking at his pre-match press convention within the Spanish capital, Guardiola stated: “It’s the identical managers, however we have now new gamers and so they have new gamers, so they are going to be utterly totally different video games.
“We now have slightly benefit with the second leg at house, the place we play sturdy and are extremely assured, however we have now to play 90 minutes right here and the video games are lengthy for various causes.
“They’ll be capable of press excessive, so aggressive, so harmful. Everyone is aware of their strengths and so they have unbelievable tempo.
“We can’t come right here simply to regulate the sport. We now have to come back right here to attempt to harm them, to punish them, to allow them to really feel we’re right here and rating targets. That’s what we have now to do.
“However we’re speaking about Actual Madrid, who’ve the flexibility to regulate many points of the sport. We now have to impose our recreation with who we’re.”
We now have to come back right here to attempt to harm them, to punish them, to allow them to really feel we’re right here and rating targets
Pep Guardiola
Metropolis midfielder Rodri feels the treble winners have discovered from their previous experiences of enjoying the Spanish giants and are a stronger proposition on account of final season’s successes.
The Spain worldwide, who joined Metropolis from Actual’s metropolis rivals Atletico in 2019, stated: “Now we’re extra mature and have expertise of profitable the competitors. It provides you a bit extra composure, serenity on the pitch.
“You study. We’ve discovered from the previous and I feel we have now extra maturity than after we first performed them.
“The one we misplaced – the semi-final – that was (due to) 10 or quarter-hour and it occurs.
“We didn’t assume a lot about that final yr. We performed with the need to win it once more and that’s what occurred.
“We come right here with a unique mentality and extra composure.
“We all know nothing can be performed tomorrow, however we have to get a great outcome. I see the group extra mature and the expertise will give us the arrogance to do issues properly.”
Metropolis are once more with out England full-back Kyle Walker in Spain resulting from a thigh damage, whereas fellow defender Nathan Ake can be out with a calf downside. Josko Gvardiol has travelled with the squad however is uncertain with a knock.
