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Manchester City hopes Tuesday in the Champions League against Olympique de Lyon, it will win a 2-1 home defeat against the French team earlier this year. City coach Josep Guardiola praised Lyon strikers Memphis Depay and Nabil Fekir on Monday at his press conference
"Lyon is a very strong and well organized team", Guardiola, 47, said. "In the first game, I was very impressed with the way they play, which is very similar to ours, and the Memphis and Fekir forwards are hard to keep under control."
Fekir and Maxwell Cornet dealt with goals in September on behalf of Lyon in Manchester. "Lyon were better then, we tried in the second half, but we could not turn the game around."
After the defeat against Lyon, City won twice against Shakthar Donetsk and also beat Hoffenheim in the first leg. The Champions League, meaning a draw for the "citizens", is enough to qualify for the round of 16. Of course, we are going against Lyon for the win, but as a ten year coach of the Champions League, I have never managed to win three away matches. The Champions League is a tough competition. "
The Spanish coach does not think his team will want The big favorite of the players is to win the Champions League." It does not work like that, no one is guaranteed to win the Champions League, my job is to convince the players that it is possible. "
The match of the Olympique de Lyon and Manchester City will start Tuesday at 21:00 at the Olympic Park.
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