Luis Garcia Man City vs Atletico Madrid Prediction: Guardiola warned about counter-attacks

Manchester Metropolis shall be hoping to select up a snug win at dwelling after they tackle Atletico Madrid within the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night time.

The Premier League giants are in crimson sizzling type proper now and they’re at the moment on the prime of the league desk with simply three defeats from 30 league matches this season.

Manchester Metropolis have been formidable going ahead and so they have managed to attain 70 objectives within the league up to now this season. Pep Guardiola’s aspect are effectively organised on the again as effectively and so they have conceded the least variety of objectives (18) within the division up to now.

Manchester Metropolis have did not win the Champions League throughout Pep Guardiola’s time on the membership and they are going to be determined to make amends this time round.

It’ll be fascinating to see if they’ll get previous a effectively organised Atletico Madrid aspect over the following two legs.

The Spanish giants a at the moment third within the league desk and so they have picked up six consecutive wins throughout all competitions.

They managed to beat Manchester United within the final Champions League outing and they are going to be hoping for the same consequence in opposition to their neighbours as effectively.

Former Atletico Madrid participant and standard pundit Luis Garcia has warned the Premier League aspect that they must watch out in regards to the counter-attacking system of Diego Simeone.

Manchester Metropolis have usually struggled in opposition to groups that want to take a seat again and hit on the counter-attack.

Atletico Madrid have gamers like Joao Felix, Angel Correa, Yannick Carrasco and Marcos Llorente who might be deadly on the break and it will likely be fascinating to see how Manchester Metropolis deal with that.

The Spanish outfit have a repute of grinding out outcomes by sitting deep and hitting the opposition on the counter. They are going to be conscious of the standard Manchester Metropolis have and Simeone will need to make use of the same tactic in opposition to the Premier League aspect as effectively.

Garcia said: “It is among the groups that you simply don’t need to face, due to the rhythm and the gamers that Guardiola has developed, he is aware of find out how to use the gamers in each scenario.

“However Atletico is an advanced workforce after they have faith and return to the fundamentals of defending effectively collectively.

“With gamers in assault like Joao Felix and Angel Correa, with gamers like Yannick Carrasco and Marcos Llorente, they are often harmful on counter-attacks and we’ve seen Metropolis endure in opposition to groups that sit again.”