Pundits’ Man City predictions

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Will Manchester City join Leicester, Arsenal and Tottenham in the Champions League group stage? The Soccer Saturday pundits think so.

Romanian runners-up Steaua Bucharest will be looking to cause an upset at the National Arena on Tuesday, with Sky Bet making them 11/2 outsiders for the Champions League play-off first leg, despite home advantage.

Charlie Nicholas, Paul Merson, Matt Le Tissier and Phil Thompson all believe that Pep Guardiola’s men will comfortably prevail over two legs to reach the first hurdle of the competition proper – but they had mixed views on the Spaniard’s early impact after watching City seal only a narrow 2-1 win in their Premier League opener against Sunderland…

Charlie says…

I don’t see any problems for City at all here. There players are all trying to take in what Guardiola wants from them and he’s got them on edge.

I said Joe Hart would be under scrutiny and Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure aren’t fit enough for what he demands.

Only David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones are guaranteed starters under Guardiola because they represent what he’s trying to do, …

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