Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Juventus are ‘very strong’ despite a poor start to the season.
The Bianconeri are yet to win in Serie A this season, but the Chilean believes they’ll still pose a tough test tomorrow night.
“We play a very strong Juventus,” Pellegrini insisted in his pre-match Press conference.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Juventus are ‘very strong’ despite a poor start to the season.
The Bianconeri are yet to win in Serie A this season, but the Chilean believes they’ll still pose a tough test tomorrow night.
“We play a very strong Juventus,” Pellegrini insisted in his pre-match Press conference.
“They reached the final last season and have won four titles in a row. Maybe Juventus haven’t started very well in their league, but this is a different competition. They will be motivated.”
Pellegrini also hopes to finish well in the group to avoid a tough tie in the Last 16.
“I have been here for two seasons. In the first one, we qualified in second position with 15 points from 18. After that we had to play against Barcelona and Barcelona was the better team.
“Last year we had a difficult group but we did well in the last two games and we qualify and after that we play against Barcelona again. We played against the strongest team two years in a row.
“It is very important to not only have a successful team here but in Europe. I hope we will not play against Barcelona in the round of 16.
“I don’t think there is more pressure on us than other English teams. Our own pressure is enough because we want to continue. We will try to continue the way we are playing this year.”