Manchester will stop this Sunday at 5:30 p.m.. At that time, the whole city will follow the derby between City and United at the Etihad Stadium, on behalf of the 28th day of the Premier League.
This Friday, Pep Guardiola was present at the traditional pre-match press conference. Asked about Cristiano Ronaldothe Catalan coach was full of praise for him.
“Cristiano has been one of the best footballers for 15 years alongside Messi. What those two did, we will never see again,” he confessed. “It was a pleasure to watch it all this time. When you achieve so much, you are under enormous pressure day in and day out… We are going to have to exploit our qualities and prevent him from coming into contact with the ball,” he added.
Guardiola recalled what happened in the first leg of the derby at Old Trafford (0-2). “When we played at Old Trafford we controlled the game, and the first time he came on Ederson made an incredible save. He has a lot of quality, we have to control him. He is one the best, a goal machine, and he still has a very strong mentality. He handles the pressure without any problems.”
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