Two clubs chasing UEFA Champions League glory will do battle today in a match between Manchester City and CSKA Moscow. The group-stage clash scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the Etihad in Manchester and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 2.
What They're Saying
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini (via UEFA): "With our three games in the Champions League so far, they were strange matches. We were very unlucky to lose to Bayern [Munich] in the most difficult game of the group in the last minute with a rebound from a set piece. After that, here against Roma we didn't play well and Roma were in a very good moment. And in Russia I think we played very well. Maybe we should have taken the three points, but we have time to change this and I hope we will."
CSKA Moscow manager Leonid Slutski: "I don't think we can compare ourselves to any of the clubs in this group because we are operating at a different level. We have had three matches and we had one draw. At the moment, we are just at different levels. Bayern are obviously group favorites. We have a chance [of second], though. We will see how things develop."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Manchester City's Jesus Navas has three assists in league play. The 28-year-old is averaging 1.1 key passes across all competitions.
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Fernandinho, Milner, Touré, Navas; Džeko, Agüero
CSKA Moscow's Projected Lineup (4-5-1): Akinfeev; Mário Fernandes, V Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov; Wernbloom, Natcho, Tošić, Eremenko, Dzagoev; Musa.
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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