There has not been a more dominant club in England since Pep Guardiola took over the helm of Manchester City in 2016. One of the greatest coaches of all time, just today, on the day of City’s Champions League opener with Inter in the Champions League, is celebrating his 3,000th day on the Cityzens’ bench.Inter will arrive at the Etihad without injured Federico Dimarco, but with a desire to avange for the 2023 Champions League final defeat. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8342659##However, the Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi claims it’s not the case.”This is not the time for redemption. I had no regrets after the Istanbul final. The boys did their best. Of course, our hearts were broken, but one detail decided the result, as it usually happens in football,” said Inzaghi ahead of tonight’s game. Manchester City haven’t lost a home game in almost two years. After a loss to Brentford in mid-November 2022, they have been undefeated in their temple for 49 games.##EDITORS_CHOICE##According to the expected lineups, the defensive trio Pavard – Acerbi – Bastoni will try to somehow stop Erling Haaland, while the key battle in the midfield will be fought between Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Bernardo Silva.”No matter how many games he plays at this club, he will progress naturally. I played 11 years as a professional footballer and scored 11 goals. The guy scored nine goals in four matches this season. He can match my performance in the next game. He can evolve, but if you tell me that in the next 100 games, that’s fine by me. I don’t expect him to score two or three in every game… if that doesn’t happen, the difference from last season is that he feels good now. The opponents will find a solution to control the number of goals and we have to find a solution to beat them,” said Guardiola.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 1TuesdayJuventus – PSV 3-1 (2-0)/Yildiz 21, McKennie 27, Gonzales 52 – Saibari 90+3/Young Boys – Aston Villa 0-3 (0-2)/Tielemans 27, Ramsey 38, Onana 85/AC Milan – Liverpool 1-3 (1-2)/Pulisic 3 – Konate 23, van Dijk 41, Szoboszlai 67/Bayern – Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 (3-0)/Kane 19 pen, 58, 63 pen, 78 pen Guerreiro 33, Olise 38, 61, Sane 85, Goretzka 90+2 – Petkovic 49, Ogiwara 50/Real Madrid – Stuttgart 3-1 (0-0)/Mbappe 46, Rudiger 83, Endrick 90+5 – Undav 68/Sporting – Lille 2-0 (1-0)/Gyokeres 38, Debast 65/Wednesday19:45: (1.95) Bologna (3.60) Shakhtar (4.30)19:45: (2.45) Sparta Praha (3.40) Salzburg (2.85)22:00: (1.37) Celtic (5.20) Slovan B. (10.0)22:00: (3.80) Club Brugge (3.50) Dortmund (2.10)22:00: (1.55) Man.City (4.10) Inter (6.00)22:00: (1.42) PSG (4.60) Girona (7.50)Thursday19:45: (4.20) Crvena Zvezda (3.60) Benfica (1.95)19:45: (4.40) Feyenoord (3.70) Leverkusen (1.80)22:00: (4.10) Atalanta (3.50) Arsenal (1.90)22:00: (1.80) Atl.Madrid (3.60) RB Leipzig (4.60)22:00: (1.90) Brest (3.60) Sturm (4.50)22:00: (4.60) Monaco (3.60) Barcelona (1.80)***odds are subject to change***
