Manchester City will look to bounce back from an opening defeat at Bayern Munich when they host Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, as Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea go to Lisbon.
AFP Sports looks at all the fixtures in Groups E on Tuesday:
Group E
CSKA MOSCOW V BAYERN MUNICH
Bayern players in training …
Bayern beat CSKA home and away in the group stage of last season’s Champions League and the Russianchampions‘ hopes of getting a result this time will not be helped by the fact the match will be played behind closed doors at the Arena Khimki. CSKA, who trail leaders Zenit by four points at the top of the Russian Premier League, are being punished by UEFA for the bad behaviour of their fans during a group stage match last season.
The visitors have considerable selection problems just now, with Franck Ribery, Javi Martinez and Thiago Alcantara among those on the sidelines and Jerome Boateng doubtful, but they are yet to lose this season and have not even conceded a goal in their last five outings. Bayern beat Manchester City 1-0 on matchday one while CSKA were thumped 5-1 by Roma in Italy.
MANCHESTER CITY V ROMA
After conceding late to go down 1-0 to Bayern in their group opener, the visit of Roma is already a must-win game for Manuel Pellegrini’s English champions. Manchester City have scored 11 goals in winning their last two matches, but a meeting with a Roma side who have won all five Serie A games so far and thumped CSKA Moscow 5-1 two weeks ago promises to be a stiff test. City have not beaten Italian opponents since a 3-0 victory over AC Milan in the UEFA Cup in 1978-79, and Roma coach Rudi Garcia said: “All the pressure is on them. They need to get a result at their home ground.”
Roma, who famously lost 7-1 across Manchester against United in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2007, have been without Daniele De Rossi for their last two games. Samir Nasri is on the sidelines for City with a groin problem.
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