Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola spoke ahead of the club's Champions League opener against Red Star Belgrade.
However, Guardiola is not taking the game lightly, having spoken of the quality of Red Star manager Bakhar, who was in charge of Maccabi last term.in the competition last season, Guardiola said the encounters proved the Israeli's quality as a manager.The City boss said:"I saw last season was at Maccabi Haifa and they have a difficult group vs PSG. I saw a little bit what he has done with Maccabi against Mbappe, Messi. We were impressed the courage, the bravery.
Of course, PSG fans may be surprised by Guardiola's comments, with the French outfit having beaten Maccabi 3-1 in Israel and dismantled them 7-2 in the reverse fixture.Guardiola added in his pre-match press-conference:"Every season, we start the competition the first game, always the target is to win."First the group stage, then last 16, try to win. We didn't change when we didn't win. Nothing more than Red Star, depends on our performance and level.
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