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CL: No room for error for Manchester City against Roma

Updated on: 10 December,2014 07:32 AM IST  | 
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With their hopes of qualifying for knockout stages hanging by a thread, Manchester City’s Samir Nasri exhorts team to not let self-doubt creep in against Roma tonight

CL: No room for error for Manchester City against Roma

Manchester: Manchester City will be without a host of key players for their decisive clash with Roma as they look to progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League.


Sergio Aguero completed a hat-trick and a dramatic late turnaround as City beat Bayern Munich 3-2 last time out to claim a maiden Group E win on matchday five and keep their campaign alive.



Manchester City’s Samir Nasri. pic/Getty Images


A win or a score draw in Rome will see Manuel Pellegrini’s team into the Last 16, provided CSKA do not match either result in Munich. But Aguero twisted his knee on Saturday and will be unavailable to face Roma.

City’s injury concerns
City are still waiting to learn the full extent of the injury suffered by their talisman, while David Silva (knee) and captain Vincent Kompany (hamstring) are also likely to miss the trip to the Italian capital.

Yaya Toure, meanwhile, serves the second game of a three-match suspension to stretch City’s resources in midfield, though Fernandinho is poised to return.

Samir Nasri remains confident the English champions can avoid a third group-stage elimination from the Champions League in four seasons. “If we play our game, we will win against Roma,” he told beIN Sport.

“The greatest risk is to play with pressure and to have this apprehension. If we don’t ask questions, and we play our game, then we will do it. We have more qualities. If we are eliminated from the Champions League, this is not the fault of the coach, it is the players who are on the pitch.”

Provided CSKA do not win at the Allianz Arena, a goalless draw would be enough to see Roma through on their head-to-head record over City.

Roma right-back Maicon is set for a reunion with the club he represented during the 2012-13 season, with Vasilis Torosidis (calf) set to miss out once more.

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