Man City manager Pep Guardiola remains wary of Manchester United ahead of derby day for the EFL Cup semi-final’s second leg on Wednesday.
In the first leg, City blew away their local rivals thanks to the tactical genius of Pep Guardiola and on paper, they have more or less managed to wrap up the tie with a scoreline of 3-1.
But speaking ahead of the second leg, the City boss told reporters that a team like Manchester United have a history of making epic comebacks which is why he is not taking them lightly.
“It is Man United so they can do it, they have done it and they can do it,” Guardiola said as reported.
“They have to do almost a perfect game to go through from the semi-final.
“These kinds of games against these kinds of teams, with this incredible history behind them, I know how difficult it will be to reach the final.
“We have to be careful about their skills, the counter-attack, with how they can play if we let them play.
“We have to defend well. They don’t have anything to lose. They will attack. We know the best result is not to defend, we have to score goals.”
Last season, United were in a similar situation against PSG in the Champions League but managed to pull through in the second and knock the Lige 1 champions out.
While a similar feat can be expected this time as well but we don’t think Ole has the capacity to pull something off like that once again especially with Pep Guardiola sitting at the adjacent dugout.
