Man City boss Pep: Sit back at Monaco? We will kill ourselves!

Published on: 15 March 2017

Pep Guardiola has made it clear that Manchester City will not be sitting back on their two-goal lead at AS Monaco tomorrow night.

City defeated the French club 5-3 in the Champions League Round of 16 first leg at the Etihad Stadium last month but that does not mean they can rest on that when they meet the French club at the Stade Louis II in the return bout.

"When one team scores 124 goals, it means they can score in many, many, many ways, so the best way is to score goals," said Guardiola of Leonardo Jardim's side who have been in remarkable scoring form this season.

"Take the ball and attack as much as possible is the only way I know to beat this type of team.

"If one team scores 124 goals and you are thinking about only defending for 90 minutes because we won one game 5-3, you kill yourself.

"Maybe it will happen because we won't be able to attack or won't be able to control their fantastic attack. That can happen, but the idea is to try our way to play.

"We scored five goals and that is not easy – they concede few chances. So you have to go to score goals and that is what I want to see from my team tomorrow."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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