Villarreal vs Manchester City Match Preview
Manchester City will be looking to boost their Group A qualification hopes when they travel to face Villarreal CF.
Third placed City are one point behind SSC Napoli, while last placed Villarreal are still looking to pick up their first point.
Villarreal coach Juan Carlos Garrido is under no illusions as to the size of is team’s task, and stated this week that his team must play “the match of our lives” to pick up three points against Roberto Mancini’s men.
Cani is an injury absentee for Villarreal, the Spanish midfielder scored his club’s only goal of the group stages in the 2-1 matchday three defeat at City.
Italy international striker Giuseppe Rossi is ruled out for Villarreal, while Christian Zapata, Nilmar, Marcos Senna and Marco Ruben also feature on a brutal injury list for the Yellow Submarine.
City’s only health problem could be the selection headache suffered by Roberto Mancini as he decides which of his star studded squad to pick. “We have no injury problems at all,” the Italian manager told the official UEFA website.