Manchester City Players Know How Strong Real Madrid Is – Txiki Begiristain

Manchester City’s Txiki Begiristain has come out to say that he is bored of the same Champions League draws every season. He recently had his say after the treble winners were again pitted against Real Madrid, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the balls used for the draws are beginning to bore him, but Manchester City will try to replicate last season’s success in the competition.

Txiki added that the players must remember how strong Real Madrid is to avoid underestimating them.

His words, “What a pity. These balls bore me; it’s always the same. This year’s draw is identical to last year’s, just swap Liverpool with Arsenal… We will try to replicate what we succeeded in doing last season when we made it to the final against Real.

Now it’s Real Madrid but we have to remember we beat them last season in the semi-finals so we will try to remember that.

We need to remember that we beat them last season in the semi-final and we played at home in the second leg. We did a top, top job in the second leg but we need to remember how strong they are and that they are top of their league and that they enjoy this competition.

It’s the history of Real Madrid. Every time they face up in this competition, they think they are going to win. The only thing is that we are confident. We are doing well, we have been in the last years fighting for this competition and at the end we won it. “Also, the competition that we are doing this year has also been very good. We have been winning all games so we hope that we can keep this rhythm. Mentally we are strong.”