For the third successive year, Manchester City have attracted against Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League group.
Both sides possess one victory apiece in Kharkiv (the hosts’ temporary dwelling )–Shakhtar winning the 2017 encounter 2-1, before City thumped them 3-0 last year –so let’s just call this one the decider, shall we?
City will need to rapidly dust themselves down following their defensive operation at Norwich those asserting that Pep Guardiola’s side have lost their touch are bonkers. There’s enough attacking firepower inside that group to choose any side in the world therefore any assumptions they’ll continue to fight are ridiculous.
To the terror of many fans, Manchester City would be without Aymeric Laporte and John Stones for this trip to Ukraine, and while a bad defensive screen was their undoing against the Canaries, the side as a collective is too fantastic to last slipping-up, and that is why I expect them to win and teams to score; possession will nevertheless be dominated, chances will nevertheless be created.
Nicol??s Otamendi and Fernandinho are Pep’s likely centre-halves on Wednesday an away clean sheet doesn’t look likely, especially because City have retained just two clean sheets in their six games this year.
While Skahktar have traditionally been outstanding in the home, draws to Lyon and also Hoffenheim last time to follow the City conquer capped-off a rather poor Champions League effort, and that I hope they’ll bear the entire brunt of all City’s fury as Pep indicates the Europe his negative mean business once again.
7/4 is a tempter for this particular one. ??
I’m also financing Shakhtar midfielder Taras Stepanenko to have shown a card.
The 30-year-old has been booked at three of the seven Premier League games this year, and in the Shakhtar side he has committed fouls-per-game’s second-highest number also for the last two Champions League campaigns.
Stepanenko will likely soon be the enforcer on Wednesday of his team, and that I like.
Read more here: http://seherelhayat.ly/wp/?p=6655