Manchester City enter this season’s Champions League as favourites again after they swept aside all oppositions in the Premier League and broke all sorts of records last season.<\/p>\n
Liverpool were the team that stopped them from getting past the quarterfinal stage last season, but after winning five of six group games the last time out, their fans would be expecting them to easily top this group again.<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola’s team haven’t really kicked into top gear this season. They were held by Wolves to a 1-1 draw before the international break and failed to sparkle in their 2-1 win over Newcastle, however, their 3-0 win over Fulham before this game would have boosted their morale well enough to get them a win.<\/p>\n
Lyon come back into this competition after a two-year absence, and they would be looking to get out of this group alongside Manchester City.<\/p>\n
The French men won two of six group games the last time out, and the way they have started their domestic campaign does not give Manchester City any reason to fear.<\/p>\n
They drew with Caen at the weekend to make it two wins, two losses and a draw in their last five league games.<\/p>\n
Keeping Nabil Fekir beyond last season was a good piece of business, and they would be hoping he can build on his impressive performances last season.<\/p>\n
This is the first time these teams are meeting before now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manchester City enter this season’s Champions League as favourites again after they swept aside all oppositions in the Premier League and broke all sorts of records last season. Liverpool were the team that stopped them from getting past the quarterfinal stage last season, but after winning five of six group games the last time out, their fans would be expecting them to easily top this group again. Pep Guardiola’s team haven’t really kicked into top gear this season. They were held by Wolves to a 1-1 draw before the international break and failed to sparkle in their 2-1 win over Newcastle, however, their 3-0 win over Fulham before this game would have boosted their morale well enough to get them a win. Lyon come back into this competition after a two-year absence, and they would be looking to get out of this group alongside Manchester City. The French men won two of six group games the last time out, and the way they have started their domestic campaign does not give Manchester City any reason to fear. They drew with Caen at the weekend to make it two wins, two losses and a draw in their last five league games. Keeping Nabil Fekir beyond last season was a good piece of business, and they would be hoping he can build on his impressive performances last season. This is the first time these teams are meeting before now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n