Sergio Aguero risks wrath of Man City fans with Champions League prediction

Manchester City are already successful an fantabulous presumption to advancement to the adjacent circular of the revamped Champions League and Sergio Aguero has had his accidental connected their chances of winning

Sergio Aguero believes Manchester City are 1 of the favourites for this year’s Champions League but inactive can’t spot them reaching the final.

Pep Guardiola’s broadside person enjoyed a adjacent cleanable commencement to their archetypal play successful the revamped competition. After being held by Inter Milan successful their opening radical game, they person since seen disconnected Slovan Bratislava and Sparta Prague 4-0 and 5-0 respectively.

It leaves them 3rd successful the standings down Premier League rivals Aston Villa and Liverpool - who each person 3 wins from arsenic galore games. And erstwhile City striker Sergio Aguero has present fixed his thoughts connected their chances of winning the competition.

While the Argentine believes Guardiola’s broadside volition beryllium among the contenders, determination could beryllium a astonishment successful store erstwhile it comes to the final. Speaking to Stake, Aguero said: “This is simply a caller Champions League format, I deliberation this twelvemonth volition beryllium afloat of surprises.

“This format could assistance smaller teams to thrive and suffice to the adjacent round. This mightiness besides complicate things for bigger clubs to qualify. I’ve ever felt that the favourite to triumph the tourney is Manchester City, and past Real Madrid, but I besides spot a precise beardown Arsenal team.

“However, I bash anticipation some Man City and Barca tin conquer this edition. Even though I’ve seen City conflict successful immoderate Premier League matches this season, it is the aforesaid nine we know, controlling the games from commencement to finish. But to archer you my prediction, I consciousness that this year’s last volition person 2 teams that nary 1 is expecting.”

City volition beryllium aiming to instrumentality different measurement towards the knockout rounds successful their adjacent European outing. They question to Portugal for a showdown with Sporting Lisbon adjacent period up of a clash with Feyenoord.

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Guardiola’s broadside past circular disconnected their group-stage fixtures with pugnacious games against Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain earlier a last fixture against Club Brugge. One of the different sides that Aguero has backed to spell acold is Arsenal and Gunners brag Mikel Arteta past period claimed their run would lone beryllium a occurrence if they won the competition.

"I'm highly motivated," helium said. "It's a contention that we emotion playing, each subordinate loves playing and present we are again.

"Success, I think, astatine this level is really to triumph it. But we made immoderate bigger steps [last season] I think. We larn a batch from the experience. We had immoderate large moments, immoderate different moments that we person to bash amended and improve. We person to enactment those learnings into this season."

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