Manchester Metropolis followers have obtained a really clear instruction from Jack Grealish forward of their UEFA Champions League showdown with Membership Brugge subsequent week.
The Premier League champions will welcome the Belgian aspect to the Etihad Stadium on the ultimate matchday of the league part within the competitors, figuring out that solely a win will safe them a spot within the play-offs for the last-16.
That destiny was subjected to the membership after they threw away yet one more lead throughout competitions on Wednesday evening, dropping 4-2 on the Parc des Princes to Paris Saint-Germain, regardless of transferring 0-2 forward inside 10 minutes of the second-half restart.
Targets from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland gave Manchester Metropolis loads of hope that their second-half resurgence within the season can be set to proceed, just for Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola to reply and get the hosts deservedly again degree.
Joao Neves and Goncalo Ramos would then put the hosts degree and safe the three factors respectively within the moments that remained within the match, as a gradual, timid, and tiring Manchester Metropolis efficiency culminated in a complete collapse in direction of the top of the match.
Talking to broadcasters after Metropolis’s crushing 4-2 defeat to PSG on Wednesday evening, goalscorer Jack Grealish was eager to make sure that the membership’s supporters have been conscious of their very own obligations to get the crew over the road and right into a last-16 play-off place subsequent week.
“We’re going to wish the Etihad (Stadium) rocking like it’s on Champions League nights, and hopefully we are able to go and get the win (towards Membership Brugge),” Grealish instructed membership media on the Parc des Princes.
“Subsequent week is sort of a last, we’ve got to win,” he continued. “Since I’ve been right here, there’s been so many moments the place folks have questioned us as a crew, and we’ve all the time come up. Hopefully we are able to do this subsequent week.”
Earlier than then, Metropolis return to Premier League motion in one other mammoth contest for the membership and their hopes of securing a spot within the UEFA Champions League subsequent season, as Chelsea go to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.
The London outfit sit simply two factors above the reigning Premier League champions, and a victory for Pep Guardiola’s aspect can be a major assertion of intent relating to their ambitions of ending within the top-four locations within the top-flight.
