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Manchester City and Napoli play on Thursday at 21:00 at the 'Etihad' for the first round of the Champions League league stage. On the eve of the match, Pep Guardiola also spoke. The 'Citizens' coach said that they want to forget the last season and be part of the eight best teams, enjoying the moment they are going through. The Spaniard also had good words for Napoli stars, Scott McTominay or Kevin De Bruyne, his former fantasy player at City. Pep does not see his team as favorites.
" We have always had exceptional goalkeepers over the last decade," he said, referring to Donarum's arrival. "Ghixhio has been playing at the highest level for many years and at 26, he can stay with us for a long time. He is definitely a top-level goalkeeper.
"Are City favourites? Apparently not. We just want to enjoy the moment and hopefully start better than last year, when we drew the first leg against Inter ," he said.
Guardiola also showed innovations as a coach for the new Champions League formula that is being applied for the second time this season.
" The first phase has always been tricky, but before you could think about the group and observe the opponents, but in this format you can't. It's more uncertain, you just have to bring home as many points as possible to get into the top 8 or alternatively the top 24 ," he revealed.
Pep then spoke about Napoli's stars, saying they are in their best condition.
" I'm not surprised by Scott McTominay, he's in great shape. He played for a team that won Serie A and when you win something, it always means that every player has performed at their best.
Kevin De Bruyne? I knew he would settle in immediately, it's no surprise to me ," he said, among other things.
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