It has been 11 years since we last win a trophy. Wish we can win a trophy this season. But it is a tough task for us since we only have CL left to play for this season. This is typical of our luck when we have to meet ManCity in the CL quarter finals first leg in our second ever match at our new stadium. It is going to be mentally tough for the players but hope we can get a positive result to bring to the second leg away. We don't have a good record against Emirates Marketing Project as we have lost our last 3 matches against them. But since we are playing in the CL, hope the players will lift their game and get the much needed win.
We need all our key players to be at their best against Emirates Marketing Project. Kane is going to be key for us winning this match. He has not scored in the last 2 matches but hope he will score a goal or two in this match. Apart from Kane, we need others like Eriksen, Son and Moura to help us get the goals as well. Eriksen has been in poor form recently but we need him to be at his best in this match. Son did well to score against Palace. Hope he will score in this match as well. Moura can come on later in the match as needed. Too bad Lamela is still out injured as he inspired us in 2 out of our last 3 wins against Emirates Marketing Project.
I think this match will be won or lost in midfield. We really need to control the midfield to have any chance of winning this match. Have to be worried about our midfield as we have too many players struggling with injuries recently. Wish we can start Wanyama and Sissoko in this match. But not sure if Wanyama is fully fit to start. Dier and Winks have been struggling with injuries as well. So not sure who will be fit to start this match. Will prefer if Dier starts as he tackles better than WInks.
Our defence need to be at their best to stop Emirates Marketing Project. Lloris, Vertonghen and Alderweireld need to avoid any silly errors and prevent giving away any freekicks near our goal. We should only start Vertonghen and Alderweireld in defence as Sanchez is too error prone and that will be risky against Emirates Marketing Project. We should avoid those unnecesssary back pass to Lloris which he doesn't handle well. it will help us greatly if we can keep a clean sheet to bring to the second leg away.
It is going to be a tense match. Apparently Emirates Marketing Project have lost all their CL matches against English teams. Hope we can take advantage of their poor record to beat them in this match. Let's hope we will turn up with the right team and meteorology to get that much needed win to bring to the second leg away.