Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will continue its quest for European glory when it hosts Atalanta United in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Man City began its campaign with a 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk and followed it up with a 2-0 drubbing of Dinamo Zagreb. Atalanta, on the other hand, lost to both sided and is yet to open its account.
While City has both Group C matches without conceding, Guardiola has acknowledged his side need to improve.
"I'm very confident – I have full trust in my team but there's a lot of strong teams [in the Champions League]," he told reporters. "The Champions League will be won in the [penalty] box and so far we've not been very strong in the box.
"We've made mistakes we shouldn't make at this level, for example in the match against Watford, we created a lot of opportunities but scored very little. This is what I'm thinking.
"We're good at defending and we need to score at the right moment," he said.
- Dinamo Zagreb vs Shakhtar Donetsk -
The second Group C clash will see a mid-table clash between Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Both sides come into the tie level on three points, while Dinamo is narrowly ahead owing to a favourable goal difference. Both teams have one win each and a loss. Dinamo beat Atalanta 4-0, while it lost 2-0 to City.
Shakhtar, on the other hand, began its campaign with a 3-0 loss to City and followed it up with a 2-1 win over Atalanta.
A win today will see either side seal the second spot on Group C.
( With inputs from Omnisport )
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