Man City need to beat Barcelona to progress – Nolito

The result leaves Barca two points clear of City at the top of Group C after four matches. “When he is happy of course all the team is happy”, Guardiola said. “(Former City manager) Manuel (Pellegrini) lived through that, sometimes they were unfair, the last time it was from a mistake.

With Barcelona old boy Bravo suspended, Willy Caballero is due to deputise between the posts. Guardiola was one of the best in the world.

‘When I took (Barcelona’s) No 4 jersey it was purely because of him, ‘ said Rakitic. “We have one who recently played there and one who is 19”. Pep Guardiola, the captain of the Barcelona at that time led the side well with the win against the Sir Alex Ferguson team Manchester United.

“In the first half we played well at Camp Nou but the two wide players for Barcelona are nearly unstoppable. They pressured and force more errors from our players than we were able to force from them”, he said. It’s hard and we know we need to play nearly perfectly to win. “The only thing I can ask of our players is they play the way they know”. Manchester City won 4-0 at West Brom in the Premier League.

Enrique admitted his had suffered an off-night but remained positive about his side’s ability to bounce back and seal their progress to the last 16.

And, while Guardiola conceded his players had endured a hard start, he praised the attitude of his players after pulling level.

Barcelona on the other hand will want to win since a win all but guarantees top spot in the group for them.

Luis Enrique’s Barcelona team will face Manchester City at the Etihad today.

“It was a big game for us and we were under pressure”, said the Belgian. You need to adapt to their football so you can press them. Everybody knows the style we play. They are a team that go to play on any pitch in the world and try to get the ball.

“I’d love to be closer but it’s impossible in three months”.

“It was not so much about the tactics today, I think it was more about mentality”.

Arsenal could clinch qualification for the knockout stage yet again with a win when they take on Ludogorets in Bulgaria, provided Paris Saint-Germain avoid defeat in Basel. They could even win the group with a victory if Borussia Monchengladbach fail to beat Celtic. I don’t think Barca created a lot of chances and in the end we deserved the victory. Obviously it won’t be easy.

“Whoever plays in that position tomorrow (Tuesday), we’ll have to be together and help that player”. “We dropped points in Glasgow [at Celtic] and we have to recover those points”.