In the first game in Denmark, the current European champion Manchester City did half of the work in reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and at home they only confirmed it with another victory over FC Copenhagen (3-1).City manager Pep Guardiola paid tribute to the Danes for their fightback.”It was difficult for us to attack, because they defend very well, sometimes with four, sometimes with five players. In the group, they played with Bayern, Manchester United and Galatasaray and went through. They are a very difficult opponent,” said Pep.##NAJAVA_MECA_7929893##City are once again in the top eight, and the Spanish expert believes his team can defend the title.”We are a team that believes it can win the Champions League once again. And our biggest competitors are Real Madrid and Bayern. I don’t know who will be our opponent in the quarter-finals, we have to wait and see. The most important thing is that we reached the quarterfinals for the seventh time in a row. We are very happy to still be in the game.”Erling Haaland received praise from his coach.”He needs his rhythm, he needs to play. He is very important to us. He scored an incredible goal.”SurReal Madrid: Carletto’s gang has got more lives than a genuine catGuardiola has changed a lot in the City’s line-up for the rematch with Copenhagen, which is not surprising if you know that there is a clash with Liverpool at the weekend.”I know how exhausted some players are from the game with Manchester United three days ago. In all countries of the world, if you play the Champions League on Wednesday, then you play in the domestic championship on the Saturday before that. And we played on Sunday. I needed fresh players who can endure. We were very lucky to score two goals early on and that helped us a lot to keep things from getting complicated,” Guardiola said.
