Pep: Barca game ‘like a final’

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Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will be treating Tuesday’s Champions League clash with his former side Barcelona “like a final”.

Guardiola believes the Spanish champions are beatable but thinks City will need an almost perfect display if they are to claim the three points.

Barcelona won the reverse match 4-0 at the Nou Camp a fortnight ago and, although they lie second in Group C, City are just a point ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach.

A win over Luis Enrique’s side would greatly enhance City’s qualification chances and Guardiola said: “We will try.

“I have never thought that we can’t win a football match and I never will.

“It’s difficult and we know we need to play almost perfectly to win. If not, we will congratulate them and move on.

“Maybe we are going to change the way we press, our build up, control. I would like to play at a good level for 90 minutes.

“I’d like us to show courage and put everything into …

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