Looking forward to this. An opportunity to rotate in some of the players who sat on the bench versus Nottingham. I thought we looked good in our last Champs League game and were unfortunate to lose to a penalty, which was basically Inter's only shot.
We are 12th, so top 8 still requires some work. Sporting CP are now in the post-Amorin era, but they dispatched some port-filled part-timers 6-0 on Friday night, so they remain deadly. We all know about Gyokeres and his 16 goals in 11 league games, and 4 goals 5 champions league games - including 2 against the blue cheats. Some numbers
- Sporting CP beat City despite having only 27% possession
- They are one of 6 unbeaten teams in Champs League
- We are winless in last 5 away games in Champs League
- Sporting have a perfect record after 11 games in their domestic league
So this will be a hard game where we will need to lean on our best players and some big game experience.
Raya
Timber - Saliba - Gabriel - Calafiori
Odegaard - Rice - Partey
Saka Havertz Martinelli
Vamos!!!
